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Deploying CSS-BOY at APS Beam Lines
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.. rubric:: Purpose

:index:`CSS` [#css]_ (Control System Studio) was designed at DESY, Hamburg, Germany.  
CSS is software that provides a rich environment for :index:`EPICS` [#epics]_ controls.

.. index:: EPICS; OPI

The Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
maintains and distributes a tool derived from CSS,
:index:`CSS-BOY` [#css_boy]_ (Best Opi Yet -- 
where OPI is an EPICS term for Operator - Programmer Interface).
CSS-BOY  is graphical-user interface software for EPICS.  Separate executables are
provided for Windows, MacOS, and Linux operating systems.
It is intended to use CSS-BOY to replace :index:`MEDM` [#medm]_ at APS beam lines.

APS beam lines will deploy CSS-BOY expecting to 
use standard screens from the APS, as well as 
locally-produced screens.  Each beam line will need to 
install identical customizations at several beam line 
workstations.   The APS will need occasionally to update 
the suite of standard screens.

This document describes the steps to install and configure 
CSS-BOY for use at APS beam lines.


Contents:

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1
   
   layout
   install
   configure
   glossary


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        Indices and tables
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        * :ref:`genindex`
        * :ref:`search`


.. note:: This documentation comes from a SVN repo:

        ::

                svn co https://subversion.xray.aps.anl.gov/bcdaext/cssboy_deployment cssboy_deployment


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.. rubric:: Footnotes

.. [#css]       Control System Studio: http://css.desy.de
.. [#css_boy] CSS-Best Opi Yet: http://ics-web.sns.ornl.gov/css/products.html
.. [#epics]     Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System: http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics
.. [#medm] Motif-based Editing and Display Manager: http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/extensions/medm/index.php