Tango Controls Workshop @ ICALEPCS 2025 Chicago, IL, USA

Saturday 20 Sept 2025, 08:30 → 17:00 US/Central

Palmer House Hilton

Thomas Juerges (SKAO)

This workshop is a continuation in the series of ICALEPCS workshops on Tango Controls. Tango is a toolkit for building modern distributed control systems in C++, Python, and/or Java. It is prepared for people who are new to Tango but also for those who want to get an update on the latest tools in Tango. The workshop provides hands-on exercises and examples which attendees can try during or after the workshop. Attendees will acquire a good understanding of the concepts of Tango and its tools for building an object oriented distributed control system.

Prerequisites for participants (per talk)

All

• OS:
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • Windows only with WSL2
• python3
• pip3
• Create and use a Python virtual environment:
  • python/python3 -m venv my_virtual_env
  • source my_virtual_env/bin/activate

 

PyTango

• pip install --require-virtualenv itango3

 

Pogo

• Download Pogo 9.9.1
• C++ example: g++/clang++
• Python example: Python3, PyTango (automatically installed when iTango3 is installed)

 

Testing & Debugging Tango

• pip install --require-virtualenv itango3

 

08:45 → 09:00 Welcome

Speaker: Thomas Juerges (SKAO)

09:00 → 09:45 What is Tango Controls?

Introduction into the world of Tango Controls, an object oriented SCADA framework for hardware and software-only devices.

Speakers: Thomas Braun (byte physics e.K.), Thomas Juerges (SKAO)

09:45 → 10:30 Pogo: Tango Controls devices made easy

An interactive session where we will explore Pogo: The source code tool for Tango Controls devices.

Speaker: Thomas Juerges (SKAO)

10:30 → 10:45 Tea & Coffee Break

Speaker: Thomas Juerges (SKAO)

10:45 → 11:45 The best of two worlds: Python + Tango = PyTango

Speaker: Yury Matveev (DESY)

11:45 → 12:30 Testing & Debugging in Tango Controls

Speaker: Thomas Ives (Observatory Sciences Ltd)

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch break

Speaker: Thomas Juerges (SKAO)

14:00 → 14:45 Alarms and Alarm Handling in Tango Controls

Speaker: Lukasz Zytniak (S2INNOVATION)

14:45 → 15:30 HDB++: The memory of Tango Controls

Speaker: Reynald Bourtembourg (ESRF)

15:30 → 15:45 Tea & Coffee Break

Speaker: Thomas Juerges (SKAO)

15:45 → 16:30 Q & A

An open mic session for everybody to share their questions, answers, doubts, ideas and for discussion about how Tango Controls could fit your needs.

Speaker: Thomas Juerges (SKAO)