Re: jprobe does not work with jca 2.x

["Kenneth Evans, Jr." <evans@aps.anl.gov>]

I have converted Jprobe to JCA 2.1 but it has not been committed.  The
reason is that it is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain Java
packages as extensions in the EPICS build system, especially when they
require more and more extra packages to build.  They are probably best
distributed another way.

Consequently, I have put Jprobe 2.0.0.0 on ftp://ftp.aps.anl.gov/pub/evans
in jprobe.2.0.0.0.zip.  It works with:

JCA 2.1.5
CAJ 1.0.2

And should work with more recent versions, but has not been tested.

You can switch between CAJ and the JCA JNI version by setting
useCAJ=true or false in Jprobe.java.  With CAJ it is Pure Java and
does not need .dll or .so shared libraries.

Note that neither JCA nor CAJ reads the environment for things like
EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST.  You will need to read the documentation to learn
how to supply them (via properties or the command line) if needed.

You need to get the jar files for JCA and CAJ from Cosylab:

http://jca.cosylab.com/ and http://caj.cosylab.com/


	-Ken