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- All fields are required to be Upper Case characters.
- The entire name is currently restricted to 28 characters or less.
- The DeviceType is between 3 and 9 characters in length. The generic type of device is denoted by 3 or 4 characters, and may optionally be followed by an underscore with 3 or 4 more characters to indicate details of that device.
- The Area field is 4 characters in length, and describes one of the 21 areas currently in the LCLS Accelerator.
- The Position field can be up to 4 characters in length, which includes either an optional 1-character position prefix followed by 3 digits (for devices associated with the beam line) or 2-character prefix followed by an index for non-beam-line devices which are itemized.
- The Attribute field must be 12 characters or less.
- All PV names must be unique in the control system. This includes being unique across machines such as LCLS, SLC, FACET, and LCLS-II.
The optional fields are meant to accommodate the SLC-Aware IOC mechanism, which has even more restrictions placed on Device names. For more information, from the original Naming Convention plans, click here.
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