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Michael Davidsaver via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Wed, 4 Mar 2020 20:24:13 -0800

On 3/3/20 11:22 AM, Matic Pogacnik via Tech-talk wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> EPICS V3 doesn’t include V4 modules. They must be downloaded separately from http://epics-pvdata.sourceforge.net/index.html (https://sourceforge.net/projects/epics-pvdata/files/ )

These websites aren't being updated anymore.  The downloads especially
are all >2 years out of date and should be disregarded.

These old releases contain numerous bugs which have since been fixed.
Users wanting a tar file should start with a 7.0 release tar and take
only the necessary PVA modules.  These constitute a set of versions
which have been tested together.  These directories can be treated
like any other EPICS modules.

modules/pvData
modules/pvAccess
modules/pva2pva
modules/pvaClient
modules/pvDatabase
modules/normativeTypes

> Best regards,
> Matic 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jong Woo Kim via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
> To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov
> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 7:57:03 PM
> Subject: defining a path of PVA for EPICS base 3.x 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am using the following versions.
> 
> EPICS base-3.15.6
> asyn4-37
> areaDetector-R3-9
> ADCore-R3-9
> 
> There is a way to define the path of 'PVA' for those who use prior to EPICS base 7.
> The following shows an example for EPICS V4. I couldn't find a corresponding folder or files in EPICS base-3.15.6.
> Do I have to upgrade?
> _________________________________________________________________________
> # If CONFIG_SITE.local defines WITH_PVA=YES and EPICS_BASE is prior to 7.0 then define the path here
> # If using EPICS_BASE 7.0 or later the PVA files are in base itself and no additional definitions are needed.
> #PVA=/corvette/usr/local/epics-devel/epicsV4/EPICS-CPP-4.6.0
> # PVA modules
> # For versions prior to EPICS base 7.0 use this
> #PVCOMMON=$(PVA)/pvCommonCPP
> #PVACCESS=$(PVA)/pvAccessCPP
> #PVDATA=$(PVA)/pvDataCPP
> #PVDATABASE=$(PVA)/pvDatabaseCPP
> #NORMATIVETYPES=$(PVA)/normativeTypesCPP
> -include $(AREA_DETECTOR)/configure/RELEASE_LIBS.local.$(EPICS_HOST_ARCH)
> 

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