Re: procServ, not CA Re: [Fwd: RE: Soft IOCs and Port Numbers]

[Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@bessy.de>]

 On 24.09.2010 10:32, Ralph Lange wrote:
>  On 24.09.2010 10:21, Kasemir, Kay wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > Actually, regarding multiple soft IOCs on the same host at the SNS,
> > I don't think we have any severe Channel Access issues.
> > We no longer set the EPICS CA SERVER PORT to a unique number.
>
> You might not think so, but you do:
>
> Any client that does not use UDP broadcasts for name resolution will 
> only see an arbitrary one of the soft IOCs on that server.
>
> Try it: Using EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST=NO (to suppress broadcasts) and 
> EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST=<your server> (to allow directed UDP traffic 

Must of course be EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST=<your server> - bloody cut'n'paste...

Ralph