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TY - CONF AU - Canova, H.F. AU - Araujo, D.H.C. AU - Donadio, M.P. AU - Geraldes, R.R. ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - VDE - Virtual Documentation Environment J2 - Proc. of PCaPAC2016, Campinas, Brazil, October 2528, 2016 C1 - Campinas, Brazil T2 - International Workshop on Personal Computers and Particle Accelerator Controls T3 - 11 LA - english AB - At LNLS hundreds of motors are used at the beamlines to move parts, equipment or full systems, according to different profile, synchronization and accuracy requirements. Historically, the documentation of motion axes of the LNLS beamlines was either done only at the moment of their installation and commissioning, or not properly done at all. Thus, after some time, keeping track of changes and performing maintenance could turn out to be very challenging, and there was the clear need of some solution to ensure that every change in motors would be reflected in their documentation. In 2012 the migration of the beamlines control system to the EPICS platform pushed the development of a new documentation system. In a first version, it consisted of a smart spreadsheet that generated the EPICS configuration files automatically. Later evolved to a web-based system the VDE, which allows the staff to change the motion axis parameters without the need of a deep knowledge about EPICS and ensures the complete motion axis documentation intuitively. Also, changes in motors will not work in EPICS if the documentation is not updated, guaranteeing the link between documentation and the real system. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 53 EP - 55 KW - ion KW - EPICS KW - controls KW - software KW - experiment DA - 2017/09 PY - 2017 SN - 978-3-95450-189-2 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-PCaPAC2016-WEPOPRPO24 UR - http://jacow.org/pcapac2016/papers/wepoprpo24.pdf ER -