Re: How to use mbboDirect ?

[Steve Hunt <Steven.Hunt@psi.ch>]

Thanks Ralph for putting me on the right track,

It seems as though the only change to mbboDirect in the new release is in the
mbboDirectRecord.dbd, making VAL and SHFT able to be modified - so commenting out
the SPC_NOMOD line in my .dbd file  seems to work for me:

        field(VAL,DBF_USHORT) {
                prompt("Word")
#               special(SPC_NOMOD)
                pp(TRUE)
                asl(ASL0)
        }


Steve

Steve Hunt wrote:

> Thanks Ralph,
>
> I am not going  to upgrade our systems at the moment (we are just commisioning
> our Linac !!!) so:
> - can I upgrade just this record, or does it need new features of this release
> ?
> - is there another way to write a value to this record so that it sets all its
> outputs at the same time ?
>
> If this did not work before - ( and it has been around a few years)  I can't
> understand what was the use of this record ?
>
> Steve
>
> Ralph.Lange@mail.bessy.de wrote:
>
> >   > The 3.13 record ref manual is inconsistant with the doc on the cebaf
> >   > ftp site - the cebaf doc (probably 3.12) defines VAL as a USHORT,
> >   > the 3.13 doc defines VAL as a ENUM, and my .dbd file also defines
> >   > VAL as a USHORT.
> >
> > ENUM is complete nonsense - Bob, will you put this on your ever-growing
> > list of Record Reference Manual errata?
> >
> >   > what am I doing wrong ??????
> >
> > Actually the answer was already included in your mail:
> >
> >   > I am running 3.13b12
> >
> > Because if you look closely enough at the release notes for 3.13.1, you
> > will find:
> >
> > ----- 8< -------------------------------
> > devMbbiDirectSoftRaw, devMbbiSoftRaw, devMbboDirectSoftRaw, devMbboSoftRaw
> >
> > SHFT was made a prompt field and also modifiable.  The VAL field of
> > mbboDirectRecord is now modifiable.
> > ----- 8< -------------------------------
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> > Ralph