Re: AO record DOL field fails with a CA link

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

This has not yet been fixed. The change actually has to be made to
the database to channel access code. I have not had time to fix the problem,
and the person who wrote the code is no longer here.
 
Marty Kraimer
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> > From wbrown@csg.lbl.gov Fri Jun  2 15:38 CDT 1995
> > Date: Fri, 2 Jun 95 13:37:45 PDT
> > From: wbrown@csg.lbl.gov (Bill Brown)
> > To: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
> > Subject: AO record DOL field fails with a CA link
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> > Back on May 3, 1995,  frl@aps.anl.gov (Frank Lenkszus) wrote:
> > 
> > > Epics Release 3.12.0Beta13 and earlier releases.
> > 
> > > Setting the DOL field of an AO record to a channel access link fails.
> > > The failure is the return of a completely nonsense value in the AO's VAL field.
> > > There is no other indicia of failure.  We believe that the failure may occur
> > > with DOL fields in other records such as BO.
> > 
> > > The failure mechanism is understood and a fix is underway.
> > 
> > > We have tickled a bug that has apparently been around for while.
> > 
> > Is this fix available yet?  If so from where?  I don't remember seeing anything
> > more about it on tech-talk.
> > 
> > 
> > Disclaimer:  Any opinions are my own and have	    |  -bill
> >     nothing to do with the official policy or the   |   wlbrown@lbl.gov
> >     management of L.B.L, who probably couldn't      |   Berkeley, CA
> >     care less about employees who play with trains. |   aka wlbrown@netcom.com
> > 
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