IOC Naming

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An example IOC name is HAMEG8123, to which a suffix like _01, _02 is automatically appended. New IOC names should be max 8 characters long (excluding the _01 suffix) and be in uppercase letters. The same name (with the same casing) should be used also for the top-level IOC directory under EPICS\ioc\master.

You don't have to use the full 8 characters, use the smallest number that form a sensible representation of the name. Often this can be obtained by removing vowels, generally just truncating the name as is doesn't look good. You may also be able to shorten a model name or use the model series if that is applicable e.g. eurotherm2000 -> eurotherm2k

Support modules may have a slightly longer name if need be, but if truncated please follow guidelines above.

For example:

Keithley2400 - this name is fine as is for a support module, but maybe KTHLY or KTHL2400 as IOC name etc. depending on if you will have an IOC that can talk to multiple keithley models (i.e. link in multiple support modules) or not