ip -Release Notes
 

Release 2-4 December 21, 2004

Everything that used serial or GPIB records has been converted to use the asyn record. Everything that used MPF has been converted to use asyn. Some databases have been converted from gdct to VDCT.

st.cmd requires changes. In ipac 2.8, the argument list for tyGSOctalDevCreate() changed. tyGSAsynInit() is a wrapper around this and related calls, and its arg list must also change. Here's an example of the correct syntax:

tyGSAsynInit("serial1",  "UART_0", 0, 9600,'N',2,8,'N',"")  /* SRS570 */

serial_OI_block and GPIB_OI_block have been replaced by deviceCmdReply. Several devices previously supported in the std module have been moved here, including Heidenhain VRZ460, Keithley 199 DMM, and the Queensgate Piezo controller.

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Release 2-3, March 3, 2004

New support:

• Agilent_E3631A power supply
• Federal digital encoder
• picoMotor piezo-driven screw

New display files:

• MPC_TSP.adl, MPC.adl
• Federal*.adl
• picoMotor*.adl
• Agilent*.adl

Generic serial database no longer sets serial port parameters.

New documentation:

• Agilent_E3631A.txt
• Federal.txt
• devXxStrParm.README
• picoMotor.txt

Release 1-2, March 6, 2002

• DAC.db
• Eurotherm.db, Eurotherm
• MKS_single.db
• Updated PI500.db

• devAoEurotherm.cc
• devSoEurotherm.cc

• Added Eurotherm to ipLIBOBJS and ipShare.dbd.
• Makefile.Vx depends fix for *.cc source code.

• Updated PI500.adl

December 4, 1999

Changes made to ipApp since synApps_R3.13.1.1. The most important change is the addition of support for the Message Passing Facility, MPF.

• Renamed Makefile.Vx.do_build to Makefile.Vx.buildHideos

• Added Makefile.Vx.buildMPF

• Makefile.Vx should be a soft link to one of the above two files. When building MPF this points to Makefile.Vx.buildMPF

• Minor modifications to Makefile.Host.

  • Removed drvMM400 stuff, since this is now either in stdApp or wherever the motor stuff is ultimately put.

• Added ipLIBOBJS, so when building the MPF version of ipApp it now works like stdApp and mcaApp, i.e. it copies all of the files in ipLIBOBJS to SHARE_BIN and it makes ipLib.

• Added mpfServerLIBOBJS. This creates a library called mpfServLib which contains all of the MPF server code which need to be loaded onto an MPF server. The only exception is mpfLib, which must be loaded separately before mpfServLib.

• Renamed ipShare.dbd to be ipShare.dbd.Hideos. (Actually I seem to have deleted this file, but it is just the version from synAppsR3.13.1.1)

• Created ipShare.dbd.MPF

• Created softlink ipShare.dbd which should be a soft link to one of the above two files. These files should ultimately be identical, but MPF device support is not yet available for all devices. When building MPF this points to ipShare.dbd.MPF

• Added following device support to ipShare.dbd.MPF
  • MKS vacuum gauge controller
  • Greenspring IP-Unidig digital I/O modules from MPF
  • EPID record fast feedback from MPF

• Created following MPF device support files:
  • devAiHeidND261MPF.cc - Heidenhein encoder
  • devAiMKSMPF.cc - HPS/MKS vacuum gauge controller (new)
  • devAiStrParmMPF.cc - analog input string parm
  • devAoStrParmMPF.cc - analog output string parm
  • devBiStrParmMPF.cc - binary input string parm
  • devLiStrParmMPF.cc - longin string parm
  • devLoStrParmMPF.cc - longout string parm
  • devSerialMPF.cc - generic serial record device support
  • devSiStrParmMPF.cc - string in string parm
  • devSoStrParmMPF.cc - string out string parm

Most of these are simple conversions of the corresponding Hideos device support. The only exception is devAiMKSMPF.cc which is new device support for the HPS MKS vacuum gauge controller.

Note that the DTYP string defined for the MPF device support is the same as the old Hideos DTYPE, for example "Hideos lo stringParm" or "Hideos ai HeidND261". This was done to allow conversion to MPF without having to modify the databases at all. At some point it would be good to modify ipShare.dbd to give the DTYPs names which reflect the fact that they are for both MPF and Hideos, not just Hideos. This will require changing all of the databases as well.

• The device support which I have not converted to MPF includes:
  • Love controller (but Mohan has converted this)
  • Elcomat autocollimator
  • Huber DMC 9200
  • Eurotherm temperature controller
  • GE Fanuc PLC

• Added multifunction device support for Keithley 2000 multimeter, Keithley2kDMM.st. This SNL program and the database ipApp/Db/Keithley2kDMM_mf.db can be used instead of the ipApp/Db/Keithley2kDMM.db. It provides the capability to have each of the scanner card inputs use a different function (DCV, ACV, Ohms, etc.).

• Added serialIOMPF.cc. This is the MPF version of the Hideos file serialIO.cc. serialIO is a simple serial communication package. It is used, for example, by the MM4000 motor controller driver.

• Added the following databases to ipApp/Db
  • MKS.db - Support for HPS/MKS vacuum gauge controller. Device support is in ipApp/src.
  • Digitel.db - Support for PE Digitel 500/1500 ion pump controller. This does not have specific device support, but uses the generic serial record.
  • Keithley2kDMM_mf.db - Support for the "multifunction" Keithley 2000 support. This uses the SNL program ipApp/src/ Keithley2kDMM.st.
  • IpUnidigLi.db - longin record support for the Greenspring IP-Unidig family of digital I/O modules. Device support is in mpf/ipUnidigApp.
  • IpUnidigBi.db - binary input record support for the Greenspring IP-Unidig family of digital I/O modules. Device support is in mpf/ipUnidigApp.
  • IpUnidigBo.db - binary output record support for the Greenspring IP-Unidig family of digital I/O modules. Device support is in mpf/ipUnidigApp.
  • ip330Scan.db - support for the Acromag IP-330 ADC as a scanning A/D converter. Device support is in mpf/ip330App.
  • fast_pid_control.db - support for fast feedback using the EPID record (in stdApp). Device support is in mpf/ip330App.

• Modified the following databases in ipApp/Db
  • generic_serial.db. Added PRTY, BAUD, DBIT and SBIT parameters so that the record can be configured from st.cmd to communicate correctly.

• Added the following MEDM .adl files ipApp/op/adl
  • IpUnidig.adl - graphical screen with 24 binary inputs and outputs for the Greenspring IP-Unidig family of digital I/O modules.
  • Ip330Scan.adl - screen for 16 A/D inputs for the Acromag IP330 ADC using the Ip330Scan device support.
  • Keithley2kDMM_mf.adl and Keithley2kDMM_full_mf.adl - screens for the Keithley 2000 multifunction support.