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The Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) has been used in industrial control systems since the 1990’s. Many of the components of a research facility are industrial systems. The architectural features of EPICS were designed around industrial control systems. To provide the required support for research facilities, clean interfaces at every level and support for high resolution timing was included. Most recently, the EPICS middle layer services have been developed that further improve control system capabilities. There are many clients that use the data from the control system for various archive, alarm and presentation of data with the latest providing unprecedented workflow and ease of use. The community has also produced tools for managing information about facilities such as inventory and installation. While the entirety of the tools is not provided as a single package, this open source platform can be assembled and applied as needed. There is support from commercial companies to provide the support for the tools and the application of these tools to industrial users.
