Usage#

Installing the epicsapps package will install a command-line script epicsapps that can be used to launch the main epicsapps GUI applications. This works as:

epicsapps [options] appname  [filename]

where options can be

  • -h, –help: show this help message and exit

  • -m, –makeicons create desktop and start menu icons

  • -p, –prompt prompt for configuration on startup

  • -n, –no-prompt suppress prompt, use default configuration

  • -c, –cli run as a command-line program.

and appname can be one of

  • stripchart PV Stripchart

  • pvaviewer PVA Image Viewer {new!)

  • adviewer [filename] Area Detector Viewer

  • instruments [filename] Epics Instruments

  • pvlogger [filename] PV Logger data collection

  • pvlogview PV Logger data Viewer

  • microscope [filename] Sample Microscope Viewer

and filename is an optional configuration YAML file.

See Creating Desktop Shortcuts for details on making desktop icons.