Yes, that is true. However, the synApps calc module contains an acalcout record that works with arrays.
https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://raw.githubusercontent.com/epics-modules/calc/R3-6-1/documentation/aCalcoutRecord.html
Mark
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Southern, Tim
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 4:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: 5 counts in 1 hour
The way a db record interprets the value of a waveform/compress VAL
field is not the same as when one performs a caget in a terminal?
In a terminal, ( $>> caget somePVwaveform ) returns the entire array of
values for the record. When called inside the CALC record, only the
first item of the array is returned?
-Tim
On 1/7/16 12:20 PM, Andrew Johnson wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> On 01/07/2016 10:41 AM, Southern, Tim wrote:
>> Problem:
>>
>> We have a spark detector that will increment a counter every time a
>> spark is detected. The user requests an alarm when the counter
>> increments +5 times within an hour. How can this be implemented on an IOC?
> Nice little problem.
>
>> A Solution:
>>
>> I came up with a solution using compress records. First, I created
>> a 3600 element compress record using a circular buffer that records the
>> value of the PV counter every second for an hour. Next, I created two
>> more compress records, one that saved the lowest value, and one that
>> saved the highest value of the first record (N to 1 Low Value, N to 1
>> High Value). I then created a CALC record that calculated the difference
>> of the low and high values. When CALC is greater than 5 ... then alarm.
>>
>> Is there a better implementation to do this? Is there anything wrong
>> with this solution?
> Assuming that your input is a counter that only ever increments, you
> really only need the first compress record and a calc. The output from
> your High Value compress will always be the same as the current spark
> count $(S):FltCtr, and the first element read from the circular buffer
> is the oldest value in the buffer (the one from an hour ago), which is
> always the same as the output from your Low Value compress. Thus the
> following is equivalent to your solution with fewer records:
>
>> #########################################################################
>> # Alarm for greater than 5 counts in 1 hour
>> #########################################################################
>>
>> # Circular buffer of spark counts
>> record(compress,"$(S):1HrCmp"){
>> field(SCAN, "1 second")
>> field(NSAM, "3600")
>> field(N, "3600")
>> field(ALG, "Circular Buffer")
>> field(INP, "$(S):FltCtr") # ←- Record that increments
>> }
>>
>> # Difference of High and Low over time of circular buffer
>> # Alarms when count is greater than 5
>> record(calc, "$(S):1HrCmp_diff"){
>> field(INPA, "$(S):1HrCmp CP")
>> field(INPB, "$(S):FltCtr")
>> field(CALC, "B-A")
>> field(HIGH, "5")
>> field(HSV, "MAJOR")
>> }
> HTH,
>
> - Andrew
>
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