Re: 64-bit records

[Michael Davidsaver via Core-talk <core-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

Ernest,

You can test int64inRecord with the softIocPVA executable.

> cat <<EOF >test64.db
> record(int64in, "test:i64") {
>     field(VAL, "0x7fffffffffffffff")
> }
> EOF
> softIocPVA -d test64.db

then

> pvget test:i64
> test:i64 <undefined>              9223372036854775807


If you do try, please also pull down the latest which includes a
candidate fix.

https://github.com/epics-base/pva2pva/issues/25#issuecomment-452429849


On 1/8/19 7:58 AM, Williams Jr., Ernest L. via Core-talk wrote:
> Hi Timo,
> 
> 
> Response below
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* core-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov <core-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov> on behalf of Timo Korhonen via Core-talk <core-talk@aps.anl.gov>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 8, 2019 3:08 AM
> *To:* EPICS Core Talk
> *Subject:* 64-bit records
>  
> Hi all,
> 
> I made a quick try to use the 64-bit record types (int64in/int64out) with base 7.0.2.
> 
> Trying to pvget the record, I get the following message on the IOC console:
> 
> epics> 2019-01-08T11:43:50.309 an exception caught while in receiveThread at ../../src/remote/codec.cpp:1144: Unsupported DBR code
> 
> And pvget times out. With caget, I can read the value but as expected, I do not get the 64-bit integer (because ca does not support it, obviously). 
> 
> Any ideas? Maybe I am missing some configuration, but I could not figure out from the release notes if I needed to do something extra.
> 
> This is on Mac OSX El Capitan, 10.11.6. I can try other platforms later but at the first sight this does not appear to be a platform-specific issue.
> 
> =============================================================================================
> *>>>>:  ELW:*
> 
> I would also like to try this on my platforms here at SLAC.
> 
> 
> Can you share what you have for your IOC?
> 
> E.g.  <TOP>/xxxApp/src/Makefile
> 
>          <TOP>/xxxApp/Db/*.db
> 
>          <TOP>/iocBoot/<ioc>/st.cmd
> 
> 
> 
> ernesto@localhost  (7.0) $ pwd 
> /usr/local/controls/epics/base/R7.0.2/dbd 
> ernesto@localhost  (7.0) $ grep int64in * 
> devSoft.dbd:device(int64in,CONSTANT,devI64inSoft,"Soft Channel") 
> devSoft.dbd:device(int64in,CONSTANT,devI64inSoftCallback,"Async Soft Channel") 
> int64inRecord.dbd:recordtype(int64in) { 
> softIoc.dbd:recordtype(int64in) { 
> softIoc.dbd:device(int64in, CONSTANT, devI64inSoft, "Soft Channel") 
> softIoc.dbd:device(int64in, CONSTANT, devI64inSoftCallback, "Async Soft Channel") 
> softIocPVA.dbd:recordtype(int64in) { 
> softIocPVA.dbd:device(int64in, CONSTANT, devI64inSoft, "Soft Channel") 
> softIocPVA.dbd:device(int64in, CONSTANT, devI64inSoftCallback, "Async Soft Channel") 
> stdRecords.dbd:include "int64inRecord.dbd" 
> ernesto@localhost  (7.0) $ 
> 
> ==============================================================================================
> Cheers,
> Ernesto
> 
> 
> 
> Timo
>