NICOS

Client/Server based experiment and instrument control system

Features

Modular client/server application
Highly configurable graphical user interface (GUI) and command line (CLI)
Interactive help system
Enhanced scripting capabilities
Plug'n play support for sample environments and instrument components
Abstract device interfaces hide the hardware peculiarities
Wide range of application: Tomography, Reflectometry, Triple Axes Spectromentry (TAS), Time of Flight (TOF), ...
Self explaining user commands and parameters
Only few basic commands (move, read, count, scan, ... )
Automatic logging of instrument state
Electronic logbook (to take home)
History plot of logged parameters
'Dry run' of measurement scripts to check limits and estimate measurement time

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License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2), GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)

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tfileme Posted 2013-05-26

Thanks for Nicos, it's excellent!

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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Developers, Science/Research

User Interface

Non-interactive (Daemon), Qt

Programming Language

Python

Related Categories

Python Scientific Engineering

Registered

2004-05-20

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