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Tango ATK Tutorial

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Important notes:<br />

<strong>ATK</strong> is based on Swing. Mixing the use of other “non swing” objects such as SWT (eclipse)<br />

with <strong>ATK</strong> is not recommended.<br />

<strong>ATK</strong> hides <strong>Tango</strong> Java API (TangORB). It is highly recommended not to use TangORB<br />

methods and objects directly in the application code. Always use the interface provided by<br />

<strong>ATK</strong> to access the control system<br />

Java Swing<br />

Application<br />

<strong>Tango</strong> <strong>ATK</strong><br />

<strong>Tango</strong> Java API<br />

(TangORB)<br />

The key concepts of <strong>Tango</strong> <strong>ATK</strong><br />

Reminder: the central <strong>Tango</strong> component is the DEVICE. The <strong>Tango</strong> control system can be<br />

seen as a collection of devices distributed over the network. The tango devices provide<br />

attributes (for reading and setting data) and commands.<br />

The central <strong>ATK</strong> components, to access the <strong>Tango</strong> control system, are: attributes and<br />

commands and not the devices. Through <strong>Tango</strong> Java API (TangORB) the control system is a

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