Instrument Software Documentation

ICS Framework Software - Release summary

Date

ELTDev/Platform Version

ICS Framework version

Comment

Release Supported

August 2026

ELT Platform 26.16 (AlmaLinux10.2)

IFW 2026

Official 2026.08 release

yes

August 2025

ELTDev 6.1.0 (Fedora 40) & ECOS 2025.04

IFW 2025

Official 2025.08 release

yes

July 2024

ELTDev 5.2.0 (Fedora 38) & ECOS 2024.03

IFW 2024

Official 2024.07 release

no

December 2023

ELTDev 4.8.0 (Fedora 34)

IFW 5.0.0

Official 5.0.0 release

no

June 2023

ELTDev 4.5.0 (Fedora 34)

IFW 5.0.0-Beta

Beta release (first version for Fedora)

no

Mars 2023

ELTDev 3.10.0 (CentOS8)

IFW 4.1.0-pre2

Development release (last version for CentOS8)

no

May 2022

ELTDev 3.9.0 (CentOS8)

IFW 4.0.0

Official Annual Release

no

May 2021

ELTDev 3.1.8 (CentOS8)

IFW 3.0.0

Official Annual Release (RPM delivery)

no

May 2020

ELTDev 2.2.0 (CentOS7)

IFW 2.0.0

Official Release (no RPM delivery, from GIT)

no

May 2019

ELTDev 2.1.13 (CentOS7)

IFW 1.0.0

Official First Release (no RPM delivery, from SVN)

no

ICS Framework Software - Latest release (AlmaLinux10.2)

IFW User Manual - v2026

Note

All needed RPMs are available in the public RPM repository ELT Platform 26, and IFW 26 is released within ELT Platform 26.16. Patches or updates will be available in the next ELT Platform 26 (26.xx) versions.

List of IFW RPMs:

  • ICS Framework meta RPM: elt-ifw (installing all IFW RPMs)

  • Data Display Tool: elt-ddt

  • Test Runner Framework: elt-etr (delivered with ELT Development Environment)

  • Application Framework: elt-rad

  • Sequencer: elt-seq

  • Camera Control Framework: elt-ifw-ccf

  • NEW Camera Control Framework User Interface: elt-ifw-ccfui

  • Miscellaneous Core Libraries: elt-ifw-core

  • Observation Coordination Framework: elt-ifw-daq

  • Observation Coordination Framework Interface: elt-ifw-daqif

  • Observation Coordination Framework Test: elt-ifw-daq-test (Integration test support applications - daqSimMetadaqif and daqSimRecif, not installed with elt-ifw)

  • Function Control Framework: elt-ifw-fcf

  • Function Control Framework Interface: elt-ifw-fcfif

  • NEW Function Control Framework User Interface: elt-ifw-fcfui

  • NEW FCF Simulation Toolkit: elt-ifw-fcfsim

  • Online Data Processing: elt-ifw-odp

  • RTMS Tools: elt-ifw-rtmstools

  • NEW RTMS Libraries: elt-ifw-rtmslib

  • Observation Coordination Framework: elt-ifw-sup

  • Observation Coordination Framework Interface: elt-ifw-supif

  • Widget Library: elt-ifw-wdglib

  • Calibration Framework: elt-ifw-calob

  • Fundamental Definitions and Tools: elt-ifw-fnd

  • Frame Grabber Framework: elt-ifw-fgf

  • Template Library: elt-ifw-tpl

  • NEW CAMCOM (C++ encapsulation of the Aravis SDK): elt-camcom

  • NEW IPTOOL (ELT IFW YAML front-end for Instrument Packages): elt-ifw-iptool

  • NEW IFW Secondary Loop Manager: elt-ifw-slm

  • NEW IFW Secondary Loop Manager Interfaces: elt-ifw-slmif

  • NEW ESO complete OPC UA tooling suite (UaTools): elt-uatools

To install IFW 2026 follow instruction from IFW user manual: installation

ICS Framework Software - Additional Documentation

Cryo HMI User Manuals (latest)

IFW PLC libraries and tools v8.0.0

Camera

FREDA WFS camera TTBOX version for IFW26 v4.2.0

FREDA WFS camera TTBOX is available as RPM and it can be installed as root with :

> dnf -y install elt-freda-ttbox

NGCII

List of NGCII RPMs released with IFW26:

  • NGC: elt-ngc-1.5.0

  • DCF: elt-dcf-1.5.0

NGCII User Manuals:

NGCII RPMs can be installed as root with :

> dnf -y install elt-dcf

ICS Framework Software - Templates

IFW Templates version for IFW 2026 (v8.0.0)

ICS Framework Software - Previous releases

IFW User Manual

IFW Templates

Additional Documentation

Other User Manual

ECS Interfaces User Manuals (latest)

CII Documentation

ELTDEV Documentation see here

HLCC Documentation