Running cs web proto against Coniql

Coniql (Github) is a prototype server that converts control system data (currently from PVAccess) into a GraphQL protocol that can be understood by cs-web-proto if it uses the Coniql plugin.

Set up Coniql

• Clone the coniql repo from the Github link above
• Run pipenv install
• Run pipenv run python -m coniql.server

This will provide sim:// PVs only. To enable PVAccess PVs:

• set the EPICS7_BASE environment variable to the directory of an EPICS7 build
• pipenv install p4p

Now with pipenv run python -m coniql.server you should also see data from PVAccess PVs.

Load the ConiqlPlugin inside cs-web-proto

• copy src/settings.ts.template to src/settings.ts
• edit src/settings.ts to set the correct URL