Re: How to use mbboDirect ?

[Steve Hunt <Steven.Hunt@psi.ch>]

Thanks Ralph,

I am not going  to upgrade our systems at the moment (we are just commisioning
our Linac !!!) so:
- can I upgrade just this record, or does it need new features of this release
?
- is there another way to write a value to this record so that it sets all its
outputs at the same time ?

If this did not work before - ( and it has been around a few years)  I can't
understand what was the use of this record ?

Steve


Ralph.Lange@mail.bessy.de wrote:

>   > The 3.13 record ref manual is inconsistant with the doc on the cebaf
>   > ftp site - the cebaf doc (probably 3.12) defines VAL as a USHORT,
>   > the 3.13 doc defines VAL as a ENUM, and my .dbd file also defines
>   > VAL as a USHORT.
>
> ENUM is complete nonsense - Bob, will you put this on your ever-growing
> list of Record Reference Manual errata?
>
>   > what am I doing wrong ??????
>
> Actually the answer was already included in your mail:
>
>   > I am running 3.13b12
>
> Because if you look closely enough at the release notes for 3.13.1, you
> will find:
>
> ----- 8< -------------------------------
> devMbbiDirectSoftRaw, devMbbiSoftRaw, devMbboDirectSoftRaw, devMbboSoftRaw
>
> SHFT was made a prompt field and also modifiable.  The VAL field of
> mbboDirectRecord is now modifiable.
> ----- 8< -------------------------------
>
> Hope this helps,
> Ralph