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  • Explanation
    • Overview of Tango Controls
    • Device
    • Command
    • Attribute
    • Property
    • Events
    • Device polling
    • Tango object naming (device, attribute and property)
    • Tango Data Model
    • Tango Database
    • Attribute alarms
    • Archiving
      • HDB++
      • SNAP
    • Pipe
    • Threading
    • Communication paradigms
    • The Tango device server model
    • Long Term Support
    • History
  • Tutorials
    • Getting started
      • Coffee Crisis!
      • First steps
      • State and Status
      • Init and Delete Device
      • About and version info
      • Commands
      • Attributes
      • Device properties
      • Running a Tango Database
      • Adding a new server to the Tango Database
    • Example deployment of a Tango Controls System
    • ATKPanel
    • Developing clients with the TangoATK
    • Guidelines for developing a Tango Device Server
    • Developing a Tango device server
  • How-Tos
    • Installation
      • Conda Packages
      • Debian
      • Red Hat based
      • Windows
      • macOS
      • Virtual Machine
      • TangoBox 9.3
      • SNAPshot (Archiving) installation and configuration
    • Getting Started
      • How to try Tango Controls
      • Use the end-user applications
      • Start a device server
      • Configure properties on a new device
    • Deployment
      • Transfer events using the multicast protocol
      • Use multiple database servers within a Tango control system
      • Use the property file
      • Use the Starter device
      • Run a device server with the File Database
      • Starting a Tango control system
      • Run a device server without a database
      • Use the Tango controlled access system
      • Import multiple device classes to the Catalogue
      • Use Tango with systemd integration
      • Run a device server with an active Windows firewall
    • Development
      • Create your first Device class
      • Write your first Tango client
      • Generate events in a device server
      • Tune polling from inside device classes
      • Telemetry with Tango
      • Transfer images
      • Get started with cppTango
        • Quick start: create and start a device
        • Write your first C++ TANGO device class
        • Device server with user defined event loop
        • How to create inheritance link between Tango classes
        • Use C++ std::vector to set attributes
        • How to add dynamic attributes to a device class
        • Handle Tango string attributes in C++
        • How to reconnect to the Tango HOST at device server startup time
        • How to use an enumerated attribute
        • How to use a forwarded attribute
        • How to use a memorized attribute
        • How to work with device and attribute aliases
        • Writing a TANGO client using TANGO C++ APIs
      • Getting started with JTango (Java implementation of Tango-Controls)
        • Developing your first Java TANGO client
        • Developing your first Java TANGO device class
        • Integrate Java Tango servers with Astor
      • Getting started with PyTango (Python implementation of Tango-Controls)
        • Developing Python TANGO device class
        • How to PyTango
        • PyTangoArchiving Recipes
    • Debugging and Testing
      • Using Tango docker containers
      • JUNIT helper classes for device server testing
    • Contributing
      • Tango IDL
      • cppTango
      • PyTango
      • JTango
      • Tango Documentation
      • How to add a subproject to the readthedocs tango-controls documentation
  • Tools
    • Developer’s Toolkit
    • Tango Application Toolkit “ATK”
    • Astor
    • Jive
    • Starter
    • LogViewer
      • LogViewer
    • Tango Admin utility
    • JDraw
    • ITango
    • Taurus (Python GUI library)
    • PANIC Alarm System
    • POGO
    • Bensikin User Manual
    • Taranta
    • Tango REST API
  • Reference
    • RFC
    • Ecosystem
    • Tango Core: C++
    • Tango Core: Python
    • Tango Core: Java
    • Bindings
      • C Language
      • Igor Pro
      • LabVIEW
      • Matlab & Octave
      • REST API
    • ATK Java documentation
    • Glossary
    • Reference part
    • CORBA
    • HDB++ Design and implementation
    • Legacy HDB tables structure
    • schema CQL source (Cassandra)
    • Configuration Manager interface
    • Event Subscriber interface
    • schema SQL source (MySQL)
    • schema SQL source (TimescaleDb)
    • Old Presentations
      • Scada introduction with TANGO examples
      • General TANGO training for C++
      • General TANGO training for Python
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