Applications

CSS Applications

CSS is about control system applications.

Members of the collaboration agree on several goals:

• Portable Java code
• Modern user interface
• Need for generic applications like a operator interface panel editor and strip chart
• Desire to have an integrated toolset where the user can start a strip chart on any process variable displayed in the operator interface directly from that operator interface

On the other hand, there are also differences:

• Process variable names stored in LDAP or Oracle
• Authentication via Kerberos or LDAP
• Need for some very site-specific applications

In CSS, all functionality is implemented as Eclipse Plug-ins. System integrators can select generic as well as site-specific Plug-ins and package the result as a product that appears homogeneous to the end user.

See also:

• Eclipse and CSS -- Explanation of terms
• [wiki:EclipseVsStandaloneTools] -- Compare Eclipse/CSS with Standalone Control System Tools
• CompareProducts -- Compare the different distributions of CSS
• Control System Studio, http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ica07/PAPERS/MOPB03.PDF
• Control System Studio Applications, http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ica07/PAPERS/ROPB02.PDF