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Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) provided by the manufacturers of the instruments for the accelerators are a very important part of the functionality. There are many interface standards (EPICS, TINE, Tango,…) and even same standard can be used in various ways. Important features of modern instruments are reconfigurability and embedded computing. The developers of instruments that need to be connected to a control system are facing different requirements: adherence to standard protocols and support of reconfigurable instruments with diverse capabilities with a consistent interface. Instrumentation Technologies has implemented a well accepted solution with its proprietary Control System Programing Interface (CSPI) layer and adapters for each standard protocol. There are new challenges like reconfigurability, quality of service, discovery and maintainability that are being addressed with improved Measurement and Control Interface.
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