RE: Problem in Stream Out of two 8 bit data

[Iain Marcuson via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

I think the approach would be to use a longout record and change the conversion.  You can use little-endian raw output with I believe

 

out “%#02.2r” to send the two least-significant bytes (2.2) as little-endian (#), treating the value as raw and unsigned (0).  

 

From: tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov <tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov> On Behalf Of Ashish Sharma via Tech-talk
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 8:26 AM
To: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
Subject: Problem in Stream Out of two 8 bit data

 

Hello,

 

I have a microcontroller based shaft encoder device with its firmware already written. I have its python equivalent on serial protocol to read and write to the device:

 

##************************************************************

WRITE_KNOB = 121
READ_KNOB = 41

se = serial.Serial(port='/dev/ttyACM0', baudrate=38400, timeout = 0.3, parity=serial.PARITY_EVEN, stopbits=1)

 

def read_knob(kn):
    se.write(chr(READ_KNOB))
    time.sleep(0.01)
    se.write(chr(kn))            # Knob kn=0, 1, 2, 3 to be read
    time.sleep(0.01)
    res = se.read(1)
    if res != 'D':
        print 'READ_KNOB error ', res
        return
    res = se.read(2)
    data = "" | (ord(res[1]) << 8) # HIGH byte is comming First, Next -> LOW Byte
    return data

 

def write_knob(kn,data):
     if (data > 65535):        
        data = "">
    dlo = data & 0xff
    dhi = (data >> 8) & 0xff
    se.write(chr(WRITE_KNOB))
    time.sleep(0.01)
    se.write(chr(kn))
    time.sleep(0.01)
    se.write(chr(dlo))
    time.sleep(0.01)
    se.write(chr(dhi))
    time.sleep(0.01)
    res = se.read(1)
    print res   
    if res != 'D':
        print 'WRITE_KNOB error ', res
        return
    return data

 

##*******************************************************

 

My equivalent .proto file for read is as follows and it is working fine:

get_analog_ch0 {
    out ')';        # for chr(41)
    wait 50;
    out '\x00';   # for chr(0)
    wait 50;
    in "D%#02r";
    #ExtraInput = Ignore;
    ReadTimeout = 30;

    @mismatch {
    out ')';
    wait 50;
    out '\x00';
    wait 50;
         in "C%r";
   }
}

 

But I am unable to write the data to it. The routine that I am using is:

set_analog_ch0 {
    out 'y';          # for chr(121)
    wait 50;
    out '\x00';     # for chr(0)
    wait 50;
    out "%2c";
    #ExtraInput = Ignore;
    #ReadTimeout = 30;
}

 

The .db file is as follows:

 

record(ai, knob:get:ch_0) {
    field(DESC, "Knob 0 output")
    field(DTYP, "stream")
    field(INP, "@encoder.proto get_analog_ch0() $(PORT)")
    field(SCAN, ".05 second")
}
record(waveform, knob:set:ch_0) {
    field(DESC, "Knob 0 output")
    field(DTYP, "stream")
    field(INP, "@encoder.proto set_analog_ch0() $(PORT)")
    field (FTVL, "CHAR")
    field (NELM, "2")
}

 

I am not sure whether waveform or which type of record will suffice here. While using waveform record, I am unable to write the 2 byte values to the record like the way it is being done in python serial interface code.

 

ps: I am an EPICS newbie. So, please bear with my limited experience.

 

 

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