Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System
John,
> I'm trying to display a waveform using EPICS. I've gotten the state
> sequencer to save the data into a file, but I cannot seem to display
> it. Timestamps are working. I get the error message
>
> sydCAFunc: error on ca_array_get_callback(GR) for WAVEFORM_ARRAY.VAL :
> Count requested inappropriate for that channel
> sydCAFuncConnHandler: error finishing connection for WAVEFORM_ARRAY.VAL
>
> but the count should be initialized to zero. Does anyone have a short
> program illustrating the proper way to display a waveform? Maybe there's
> something incorrectly set in gdct or edd.
>
> Also, do I *have* to use fixed-size arrays for waveforms? Can't I use
> a pointer and the C functions calloc and free to vary its size?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> John Spring
>
>
If you are writing a new record be sure to include a routine that
converts the db address correctly (including setting the element count)
for the proxy array field.
Otherwise, try increasing the NELM field (the maximum number of elements).
The current element count will be in NORD. The error you are getting from
the CA client lib occurs when NELM is less than the number of elements fetched
through the CA client interface. After Deb and I looked in the code it
appears that dm is always fetching one element in order to get the
display limits. If NELM is zero this will fail with the message that
you received. We could be criticized for printing a less than clear message
but otherwise the code in dm is working correctly. We will improve the
message.
Perhaps this was working with the sequencer because the ca client lib
does not apply an array count check when events (monitors) are
subscribed for (because the element count is returned to the
monitor call back) - and perhaps the sequencer uses only monitors
and not get call back.
Let us know if we have incorrectly identified the cause of your problem.
Jeff & Deb
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