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Subject: CA link question
From: Mark Rivers via Tech-talk <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 00:41:40 +0000

Folks,

 

I have an IOC that is in a state I have not seen before.  I am trying to understand what it going on.

 

This is a calcout record.  INPA and INPB are CP links.

 

ioc13ida> dbpr "13IDA:eps_wait89",2

A   : 0             ACKS: INVALID       ACKT: YES           ADEL: 0

ASG :               B   : 1             BKPT: 00            C   : 0

CALC: MAX(A,2*B)    CLCV: 0             D   : 0             DESC: EPS input calc

DISA: 0             DISP: 0             DISS: NO_ALARM      DISV: 1

DLYA: 0             DOPT: Use CALC      DTYP: Soft Channel  E   : 0

EGU :               EVNT:               F   : 0             FLNK: CONSTANT

G   : 0             H   : 0             HHSV: NO_ALARM      HIGH: 0

HIHI: 0             HOPR: 0             HSV : NO_ALARM      HYST: 0

I   : 0             INAV: Ext PV OK     INBV: Ext PV OK     INCV: Constant

INDV: Constant      INEV: Constant      INFV: Constant      INGV: Constant

INHV: Constant      INIV: Constant      INJV: Constant      INKV: Constant

INLV: Constant      INPA: CA_LINK 13IDA:eps_bi89.VAL CP NMS

INPB: CA_LINK 13IDA:eps_invalid.VAL CP NMS                  INPC: CONSTANT

INPD: CONSTANT      INPE: CONSTANT      INPF: CONSTANT      INPG: CONSTANT

INPH: CONSTANT      INPI: CONSTANT      INPJ: CONSTANT      INPK: CONSTANT

INPL: CONSTANT      IVOA: Continue normally                 IVOV: 0

J   : 0             K   : 0             L   : 0             LCNT: 0

LLSV: NO_ALARM      LOLO: 0             LOPR: 0             LOW : 0

LSV : NO_ALARM      MDEL: 0             NAME: 13IDA:eps_wait89

NSEV: NO_ALARM      NSTA: NO_ALARM      OCAL: 0             OCLV: 0

ODLY: 0             OEVT:               OOPT: Every Time

OUT : DB_LINK 13IDA:eps_mbbi89.VAL PP NMS                   OUTV: Local PV

OVAL: 2             PACT: 0             PHAS: 0             PINI: NO

POVL: 2             PREC: 0             PRIO: LOW           PUTF: 0

PVAL: 2             RPRO: 0             SCAN: Passive       SDIS: CONSTANT

SEVR: NO_ALARM      STAT: NO_ALARM      TIME: 2020-01-07 23:35:22.701452929

TPRO: 0             TSE : 0             TSEL: CONSTANT      UDF : 0

UDFS: INVALID       VAL : 2

value = 0 = 0x0

 

Note that INPB is 13IDA:eps_invalid.VAL CP.  The current value of B is 1.

 

This is 13IDA:eps_invalid.  Note that its value is 0.

 

ioc13ida> dbpr "13IDA:eps_invalid",2

A   : 0             ACKS: INVALID       ACKT: YES           ADEL: 0

ASG :               B   : 1             BKPT: 00            C   : 0

CALC: (A#0)||(B=0)||(C#0)||(D#0)        CLCV: 0             D   : 0

DESC: EPS invalid calculation           DISA: 0             DISP: 0

DISS: NO_ALARM      DISV: 1             DLYA: 0             DOPT: Use CALC

DTYP: Soft Channel  E   : 0             EGU :               EVNT:

F   : 0             FLNK: CONSTANT      G   : 0             H   : 0

HHSV: NO_ALARM      HIGH: 0             HIHI: 0             HOPR: 0

HSV : NO_ALARM      HYST: 0             I   : 0             INAV: Ext PV OK

INBV: Ext PV OK     INCV: Ext PV OK     INDV: Ext PV OK     INEV: Constant

INFV: Constant      INGV: Constant      INHV: Constant      INIV: Constant

INJV: Constant      INKV: Constant      INLV: Constant

INPA: CA_LINK 13IDA:eps_bi1.SEVR CP NMS INPB: CA_LINK 13IDA:eps_bi1.VAL CP NMS

INPC: CA_LINK 13IDA:eps_bi2.VAL CP NMS  INPD: CA_LINK 13IDA:eps_bi11.VAL CP NMS

INPE: CONSTANT      INPF: CONSTANT      INPG: CONSTANT      INPH: CONSTANT

INPI: CONSTANT      INPJ: CONSTANT      INPK: CONSTANT      INPL: CONSTANT

IVOA: Continue normally                 IVOV: 0             J   : 0

K   : 0             L   : 0             LCNT: 0             LLSV: NO_ALARM

LOLO: 0             LOPR: 0             LOW : 0             LSV : NO_ALARM

MDEL: 0             NAME: 13IDA:eps_invalid                 NSEV: NO_ALARM

NSTA: NO_ALARM      OCAL: 0             OCLV: 0             ODLY: 0

OEVT:               OOPT: Every Time    OUT : CONSTANT      OUTV: Constant

OVAL: 0             PACT: 0             PHAS: 0             PINI: NO

POVL: 0             PREC: 0             PRIO: LOW           PUTF: 0

PVAL: 0             RPRO: 0             SCAN: Passive       SDIS: CONSTANT

SEVR: NO_ALARM      STAT: NO_ALARM      TIME: 2020-01-08 00:35:15.769533950

TPRO: 0             TSE : 0             TSEL: CONSTANT      UDF : 0

UDFS: INVALID       VAL : 0

 

My questions:

-   Why is 13IDA:eps_wait89.B 2 if it gets its value from a record whose value is 0, and uses the CP link attribute?

-   If I force 13IDA:eps_wait89 to process with dbtr should it fetch the value of 13IDA:eps_invalid?  It does not seem to, B is still 1.

 

ioc13ida> dbtr "13IDA:eps_wait89"

A   : 0             ACKS: INVALID       ACKT: YES           ADEL: 0

ALST: 2             ASG :               B   : 1             BKPT: 00

C   : 0             CALC: MAX(A,2*B)    CLCV: 0             D   : 0

DESC: EPS input calc                    DISA: 0             DISP: 0

DISS: NO_ALARM      DISV: 1             DLYA: 0             DOPT: Use CALC

DTYP: Soft Channel  E   : 0             EGU :               EVNT:

F   : 0             FLNK: CONSTANT      G   : 0             H   : 0

HHSV: NO_ALARM      HIGH: 0             HIHI: 0             HOPR: 0

HSV : NO_ALARM      HYST: 0             I   : 0             INAV: Ext PV OK

INBV: Ext PV OK     INCV: Constant      INDV: Constant      INEV: Constant

INFV: Constant      INGV: Constant      INHV: Constant      INIV: Constant

INJV: Constant      INKV: Constant      INLV: Constant

INPA: CA_LINK 13IDA:eps_bi89.VAL CP NMS

INPB: CA_LINK 13IDA:eps_invalid.VAL CP NMS                  INPC: CONSTANT

INPD: CONSTANT      INPE: CONSTANT      INPF: CONSTANT      INPG: CONSTANT

INPH: CONSTANT      INPI: CONSTANT      INPJ: CONSTANT      INPK: CONSTANT

INPL: CONSTANT      IVOA: Continue normally                 IVOV: 0

J   : 0             K   : 0             L   : 0             LA  : 0

LALM: 2             LB  : 1             LC  : 0             LCNT: 0

LD  : 0             LE  : 0             LF  : 0             LG  : 0

LH  : 0             LI  : 0             LJ  : 0             LK  : 0

LL  : 0             LLSV: NO_ALARM      LOLO: 0             LOPR: 0

LOW : 0             LSV : NO_ALARM      MDEL: 0             MLST: 2

NAME: 13IDA:eps_wait89                  NSEV: NO_ALARM      NSTA: NO_ALARM

OCAL: 0             OCLV: 0             ODLY: 0             OEVT:

OOPT: Every Time    OUT : DB_LINK 13IDA:eps_mbbi89.VAL PP NMS

OUTV: Local PV      OVAL: 2             PACT: 0             PHAS: 0

PINI: NO            POVL: 2             PREC: 0             PRIO: LOW

PROC: 1             PUTF: 0             PVAL: 2             RPRO: 0

SCAN: Passive       SDIS: CONSTANT      SEVR: NO_ALARM      STAT: NO_ALARM

TIME: 2020-01-08 00:38:43.652867248     TPRO: 0             TSE : 0

TSEL: CONSTANT      UDF : 0             UDFS: INVALID       VAL : 2

value = 0 = 0x0

 

Thanks,

Mark

 


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