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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

EPICS ADS Device Support User Manual
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**EPICS ADS device support** library is intended to connect EPICS database records to ADS variables and registers on ADS capable devices, also called ADS servers.
`ADS <https://infosys.beckhoff.com/english.php?content=../content/1033/tcadscommon/html/tcadscommon_intro.htm&id=898081192215463875>`_ is a client/server interface or a set of commands (further referred as ADS protocol) that is used for communication with ADS capable devices. The basic set of ADS commands is:

* Read/write ADS data.
* Add/remove ADS data notification (subscribtion to value change on the device).
* Read ADS device state and information.

The ADS protocol is encapsulated within the `AMS protocol <https://infosys.beckhoff.com/english.php?content=../content/1033/tc3_ads_intro/9007199370585355.html>`_, which is itself usually encapsulated within the TCP protocol.


.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Contents:

   introduction/index
   installation/index
   using/index
   reference-manual/index
   troubleshooting/index