Re: Input records with no device support

[Marty Kraimer <mrk@aps.anl.gov>]

"J. Frederick Bartlett (bartlett@fnal.gov)" wrote:
> 
>   After diligently searching the "Application Developer's Guide", the
> "Record Reference Manual", and the EPICS tutorials, I cannot find the
> answer to this question or an example that would answer it.
> 
>   I wish to instantiate an input record (say, ai) that has no device
> support. I plan to set the VAL field from a process on the IOC using a
> runtime database access routine (dbPutField) and force the record to
> process -- and thereby trigger a change-of-value monitor -- by calling
> dbProcess. The question is: what do I put in the DTYP and INPUT fields
> of the record when I define it in a .db file?


If neither field is defined the default is to use devAiSoft (DTYP = "Soft
Channel") and a constant value of 0 (INP = "0").

Marty Kraimer