VME Card Record
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Introduction and Distribution
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Scan Parameters
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Operator Display Parameters
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Alarm Parameters
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Run-time Parameters
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Record Support Routines
1. Introduction and Distribution
The VME card record is used to ????. You can download the software
by anonymous ftp at ftp.slac.stanford.edu:
groups/controls/soft/epics/vmeCardRecord.tar.gz.
The VME card record fields fall into the following categories:
scan parameters
operator display parameters
alarm parameters
run-time parameters
2. Scan Parameters
The VME card record has the standard fields for specifying under what
circumstances it will be processed. These fields are listed in Scan
Fields, Chapter 2, 2. In addition, Scanning
Specification, Chapter 1, 1, explains how these fields are used.
3. Operator Display Parameters
See Chapter 2, Fields Common to
All Record Types, for more on the record name (NAME) and description
(DESC) fields.
| Field |
Summary |
Type |
DCT |
Initial |
Access |
Modify |
Rec Proc Monitor |
PP |
| NAME |
Record Name |
STRING [29] |
Yes |
Null |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| DESC |
Description |
STRING [29] |
Yes |
Null |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Appendix A, Menu Choices provides
general information about RECHOICE.
4. Alarm Parameters
The timestamp record has the alarm parameters common to all record types.
Alarm Fields, Chapter 2, 3,
lists other fields related to a alarms that are common to all record types.
5. Run-time Parameters
These parameters are used by the application code to ???
The VAL field holds the status string.
| Field |
Summary |
Type |
DCT |
Initial |
Access |
Modify |
Rec Proc Monitor |
PP |
| VAL |
Value Field |
STRING [40] |
No |
Null |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| OVAL |
Old Value |
STRING [40] |
No |
Null |
Yes |
No |
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6. Record Support Routines
process
???
get_value
This function fills in the structure valueDes so that it refers to
VAL.
EPICS Record Reference Manual - 19 MAY 1998
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