EPICS Process Database Provides Data Acquisition and Control
Process Blocks are the basic elements: AI, AO, BI, BO, Motor, CALC, PID, SUB, etc.…
Process Blocks consist of fields for: SCHEDULE, I/O, CONVERT, ALARM, MONITOR
They hold runtime values: VALUE, TIMESTAMP, ALARM CONDITION, etc.…
New process block are easily added
Configured using CAPFAST, GDCT, Relational DB, Text Editor at the workstation
Loaded as ASCII records into vxWorks at boot time
All fields can be read/written through the channel access client interface during operation
A Channel Access server provides connection, get, put,
and monitor services to this database
A Channel Access client provides access to process DBs