Device Support

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Device Supports make possible the communication between EPICS records and technical devices.

1. Installation of the ASYN device support 

a) Make a subdirectory called deviceSupport in /opt/epics
  $ cd /opt/epics
  $ mkdir deviceSupport
b) Download the file asyn4-10.tar.gz into /opt/epics/deviceSupport from website http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/modules/soft/asyn/
c) Uncompress the archive file asyn4-10.tar.gz
  $ tar -zxvf asyn4-10.tar.gz
d) Apply changes in the file /opt/epics/deviceSupport/asyn-4.10/config/RELEASE
  $ vi /opt/epics/deviceSupport/asyn-4.10/config/RELEASE
  eliminate (comment) the following lines:
  (old:)      IPAC = /corvette/...
  (new:) -->  #IPAC = /corvette/...
  (old:)      SNCSEQ = /corvette/...
  (new:) -->  #SNCSEQ = /corvette/...
  change the location of EPICS Base:
  (old:)      EPICS_BASE = /opt/epics/base
  (new:) -->  EPICS_BASE = /opt/epics/base-3.14.10
e) make ASYN
  $ cd /opt/epics/deviceSupport/asyn-4.10
  $ make
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