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Subject: Re: SoftIOC and Labview
From: Ralph Lange via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
To: EPICS Tech Talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 09:36:09 +0200
My 2cts - your mileage may vary:

The NI implementations of CA (client and server) were indeed getting better over time, but they started at a very low level of compatibility.
Their newest versions are pretty much working (at least for scalars), but - especially for their CA server - you are always in for some surprises, and your clients might need special configuration when talking to an NI Channel Access server.

I can just underline what Gabriel wrote: In my experience (which is obviously biased as I was working at BESSY for a long time), CALab is the most reliable, robust and stable CA client for LabVIEW.
(Doesn't just look better - it works better, too!)

Cheers,
~Ralph


On Wed, 27 May 2020 at 08:27, Gabriel Fedel via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> wrote:

I had the same problem with older versions of Labview. As soon I know
the waveform implementation on Labview is wrong, so you shouldn't trust
on it.

An alternative is CALab
(https://www.helmholtz-berlin.de/zentrum/locations/it/software/exsteuer/calab/index_en.html),
I've tried once and it looks much better than NI solution.
 
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