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CMLOG 2.0 Beta Release Notes

The following summarizes new features of CMLOG version 2.0. The existing cmlog client applications should be able to work with the new version. Jie Chen wrote most of these notes. Ron M added to them.


Server.


The cmlog server has changed a little. It now spawns a thread or a Process to do a user request query. By doing this, an ongoing query Can be easily stopped. Currently this version of server has been Tested on solaris 2.6 (threaded and process based), hpux 10.20 (process Based), RedHat Linux (5.2) (threaded and process based).  


clientDaemon.


1) On unix the cmlogClientD takes a command line argument -i to allow users to ctrl^c to stop the daemon. It is useful for users in debugging the system.

2) Some of error messages are suppressed. Those messages such as "Cannot find cmlog server running" will only be shown once instead of many times.


Client.


1) setThrottle (getThrottle) have been tested and their C interfaces have been implemented.

2) On VxWorks cmlogVxLogDisable and cmlogVxLogEnable are added to disable and enable logging messages. The default logging behavior is logging enabled.


Browser.


Browser member function (through the browser API) queryCallback now supports four messages:
Query, monitorOn, monitorOff and stopQuery. The last one is added to support canceling a long query.


Motif Browser Implementation (cmlog)


1) New command line options are supported:

-(c)onnect: automatic connection to the server

-(u)pdate: automatic put cmlog into updating mode with a selection message specified in a config file

-f filename:use provided config file

-cfg file: use provided config file

-q: do a query with a query message and a time
interval provided in a config file

-hu: do a query with a query message and a time
interval specified in a config file and put
cmlog into updating mode

-h: this help

2) Configuration file can specify a query message which will appear in the query dialog box for all the query selections.

Notice that the query string needs quotes around it like this:
queryMessage "Domain like 'ORC'" -24:00 now

3) Configuration file can specify a update message which will appear in the update dialog box for all the updating selections.

Notice that the update string needs quotes around it like this: updateMessage "Name like 'ODF' && Domain like 'ORC'"

I recommend always using the 'like' verb instead of the == (equal) verb when dealing with strings in updateMessage and quiryMessage. That's because the like verb will eliminate any errors due to leading or trailing blanks in the object of the query.

4) Configuration file can name the configuration. The configuration name will appear on top of the window.

5) Long query can be canceled. If a user selects to get all messages from query dialog box, a cancel dialog box will appear during the query to enable the user to cancel the query.

6) Supports integer to string conversion, color coding a field and< blinking a color coded field. This option is fairly complex, and is

configured by a config file. The following is an example.

 

CodeConversion "none" Status

{

0 ok green

1 info blue

2 warning yellow

-1 error red flash

}

The above segment states that all integer status values of 0, 1, 2, -1 Will be converted to strings of "green", "blue", "yellow", "red". The "red" field will flash (blink). The second field of the first line ("none") identifies sources of data. In particular cmlog converts integer fields to string representations the same way regardless data sources if "none" is specified. The following example illustrates how data conversions are done for different data sources.

CodeConversion "Facility == 'EPICS' " Severity

{

100 info green

101 info1 blue

102 warning yellow flash

110 error red flash

}

 

codeConversion "Facility == 'SLC' " Severity

{

200 info green

201 info1 blue

202 warning yellow flash

210 error red flash

}

7) A simple query message helper button is added on the query dialog box. Pressing message helper button bring out a dialog box that constructs simple query messages.

8) Users can save whatever in the display to a file in ascii form by using "Save Screen" menu.

9) The "Save Current Setting" menu entry saves everything that can be configured from a configuration file.

10) Miscellaneous menu entries are added for convenience.


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SLAC Last modified: 12-Aug- 2000 by Ron MacKenzie