Breakpoint tables status and usage in EPICS

[Abadie Lana <Lana.Abadie@iter.org>]

Hi all

I have a few questions about breakpoint table status and usage in EPICS

1.       Can we reload EPICS breakpoint table dynamically without restarting IOCs? (if yes how? Some pointers to wiki would be helpful). I found some messages in TechTalk that it is possible but then I see this bug https://blueprints.launchpad.net/epics-base/+spec/breakpoint-tables in launchpad. So i’m confused…

2.      In general, how do you use breakpoint tables. The native one from EPICS? Or did you implement your own record types? I’m aware of one from Bessy (cvt) which looks very interesting.

3.      How did you handle breakpoint tables with waveform record type? Via subroutines?

4.      In our cases, we are both interesting by having mapping tables and functions.

 

Thanks a lot for all your feedback!

Lana