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)
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)
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