beta release problems

[mrk@aps.anl.gov (Marty Kraimer)]

> From shalz@csg.lbl.gov Thu Mar 16 15:59 CST 1995
> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 95 13:59:16 PST
> From: shalz@csg.lbl.gov (Loren Shalz)
> To: mrk@aps.anl.gov
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> Marty,
> 
> Converting from Epics R3.11.1 to R3.12.Beta8 I discovered the following:
> 
> 1.	tsLocalTime() returns 0(the status from TScurrentTimeStamp) rather
> 	than S_ts_OK.
> 

I found this also. It will be fixed in next beta release.

> 2.	With R3.11.1 I could call dbGetField() in the initialization routine
> 	of a subroutine record in order to get the SCAN field of the record
> 	in DBR_STRING format.  If I do that with R3.12.Beta8, iocInit
> 	reports 
> 
> 		Illegal Lock Set Lock Set out of range:dbScanLock
> 
> 	and suspends.
> 	
> 	I have gotten around this by moving the call to the processing
> 	routine and testing to make sure I do it only once.  What I am
> 	doing is getting the scan rate out of the string and storing
> 	it in the H field for later use.
> 
> 	I recall something about "locks" and "gets" being different in
> 	R3.12.  Is this related?
> 

Yes. You can however you can use dbGet with exactly the same arguments 
as dbGetField

> 	Are there routines available for getting field values in the
> 	initialization routine?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Loren
>