Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Donny Domagoj Cosic via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Wed, 03 Jun 2020 13:45:32 +0200

Hello,

For archiving purposes I am trying to record a value from a PV everyday

at a specific time. I accomplished similar things using a Soft Timestamp

record when a specific date/time field updates. ie:

record(stringin, "TeslaMeters:$(position):TimeStamp"){
    field(DTYP, "Soft Timestamp")
    field(PINI, "YES")
    field(INP,  "@%d")
}

record(calcout, "TeslaMeters:$(position):Calc"){
   field(INPA, "TeslaMeters:$(position):TimeStamp CP")
   field(INPB, "TeslaMeters:$(position)")
   field(CALC, "B")
   field(OUT, "TeslaMeters:$(position):Midnight PP")
}

record(ai, "TeslaMeters:$(position):Midnight")
{
    field(PREC, "3")
    field(EGU,  "Tesla")
    field(PINI, "YES")
}

Could I use a similar strategy to compare a time string generated by the

Soft Timestamp? I see that there is a scalcout record, but i was not

able to get it to work. Additionally, a simple follow up question that I

am not able to solve in a simple way. Is there a simple way to create a

"if" statement without the "else" part. As in, I would like the OUT

record processed only then the "if" condition is met.

Thank you,
Donny

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Donny Domagoj Cosic
 Institut Ruđer Bošković, Bijenička cesta 54, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System