ATIP is an addition to Pytac, a framework for controlling particle accelerators. ATIP adds a simulator to Pytac, which can be used and addressed in the same way as a real accelerator.
ATIP enables the easy offline testing of high level accelerator controls applications, by either of two methods:
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By replacing the real accelerator at the point where it is addressed by the software, in the Pytac lattice object;
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In a standalone application as a "virtual accelerator", publishing the same control system interface as the live machine. At Diamond Light Source this has been implemented with EPICS, and run on a different port to the operational control system. So the only change required to test software is to configure this EPICS port.
The python implementation of Accelerator Toolbox (pyAT) is used for the simulation.
| Source | https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/atip |
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| PyPI | pip install atip |
| Docker | docker run ghcr.io/diamondlightsource/atip:latest |
| Documentation | https://diamondlightsource.github.io/atip |
| Installation | https://diamondlightsource.github.io/atip/tutorials/installation |
| Releases | https://github.com/DiamondLightSource/atip/releases |