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Subject: Re: conversion with ai and devAsynFloat64
From: "Pearson, Matthew R." <[email protected]>
To: "Konrad, Martin" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected] list" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:43:06 +0000
Hi Martin,

I came across the same issue last year, and there is some reasoning in this post:
http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/tech-talk/2015/msg01502.php

Cheers,
Matt


> On Jul 20, 2016, at 10:29 AM, Konrad, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> It seems like DTYP=asynFloat64 doesn't support conversion with ai
> records whereas asynInt32 does. Am I the first one who considers
> conversion for float values useful or is there a reason for not
> implementing this? The use case I have in mind is similar to converting
> from degree Fahrenheit to degree Celsius.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Martin
> 
> -- 
> Martin Konrad
> Control System Engineer
> Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
> Michigan State University
> 640 South Shaw Lane
> East Lansing, MI 48824-1321, USA
> Tel. 517-908-7253
> Email: [email protected]
> 
> 



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