1. EPICS Record Naming Convention LCLS Collaboration, April 5, 2005
Proposal
Examples
Requirements
Plans

2. Record Naming Proposal
PRIM:LOCA:UNIT:SECN
PRIM: Device/System Type (max 4 char)
XCOR, STEP, WIRE, KLYS, VACV, VACG, LCW, IOC, PNET, …
LOCA: Location (4 char)
LA21, LB21, XE00, XN02, XT49, …
UNIT: Device/System “serial” integer number unique for specific PRIM and LOCA (4 char max, 3 preferred)
1, 203, …
SECN: Device/System Attribute (4 char max for SLC IOC, 12 char max for non-SLC IOC)
BDES, IACT, STAT, STATE, STATUS, V, VACM, X, XRMS, …

3. Record Name Examples
XCOR:LA21:202:BACT
BPMS:LB21:201:Z
DT:XE00:1:V
VACV:XN01:99:STATE
MPS:LS00:1:RESET

4. Record Naming Requirements
Usage by existing SLC 3.13 CA clients
Easier translation from SLC name to EPICS name by SLC-Aware IOC
Familiar to SLAC community
No collision with SLC CA server
Field naming requirements? Support 3.13 so must be <= 4 characters and all upper-case.
Other? RDB requirements?

5. Record Naming Plans
Create Excel spreadsheet in shared area
Add new PRIMs, LOCAs, and SECNs to spreadsheet during development
List SECNs per PRIM
Probably affects RDB design
What else?