Re: help with ar

[kerstien@luke.atdiv.lanl.gov (Deb Kerstiens)]

Ian wrote:
> 
> I've just started to use ar and can't get my script to work properly:
> 
> NAME: ser2
> DESC: test it
> ACT: always
> INACT: never
> TRIGGER: every 0:0:5
> SNAPSHOT: for 1 samples
> OUTPUT: set:txt ar/arSet/test.txt
> %endHeader%
> ser2:emosub_44.VALA
> 
> It validates ok and when added to the main pannel successfully gets its 
> first sample: 'snapshot complete...' and data is written to the file.  It 
> then says: 'snapshot sampling...' but never gets anything.  If I ask for 
> status|show sampling state it saya: 'snapshot in progress; 0 samples, 
> last at 00:00:09.000'
> 
> the ADEL for the record is set to 0.
> 
> Anybody have any ideas?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Ian A Smith			Telephone: +44 (0) 131 668 8257
> Royal Observatory		Fax:       +44 (0) 131 668 1130
> Blackford Hill			Web:       http://www.roe.ac.uk/
> Edinburgh
> UK
> 
> 

Rozelle wrote:
>The archiver won't take samples unless ser2:emosub_44.VALA is changing.
>I think this is a bug, but it is the way it works.  If you
>want to take samples where some channels are changing and some are not,
>you can put F (for fill) in front of the ones that are not changing .

>For example if you have a counter calc record named "counter" 
>that is being scanned  (and changed) more often than once every 5 seconds
>the following should get samples

I agree that you must have at least one chan specified that is returning
monitors frequently enough to meet your sample time.
  
One additional note: for processing to return data based on ADEL even when 
no change has occurred, ADEL must be set < 0.0 for analog-type data.
The comparision is done on a delta > 0.0 (not >=0.0).

Deb


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