Re: mbbi excessive archiving

[Michael Davidsaver via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

On 10/10/22 11:37, William F Badgett Jr via Tech-talk wrote:
> I have set up an mbbi CA process variable that is read every second (PPS) from a GPS device and I have defined enumeration tags.   The Archive Engine is recording every single reading, even though the GPS status rarely changes.    How does one stop this?
> Please note:
>
>  1. The mmbi record type does not have MDEL and ADEL fields
Have you checked with 'camonitor' to see if your PV is actually posting changes?


>  2. Currently it is not an option to move to Archiver Appliance since this is a running experiment.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> *William Badgett*
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