Re: Problems with GSOctalRS232

[Andrew Johnson <anj@aps.anl.gov>]

Mark Rivers wrote:
> 
> Here is an example from my st.cmd which works fine.  Note that I don't call
> tyGSoctalModuleInit("GSIP_OCTAL232",0x80,0,0) at all.  I guess initOctalUART
> does this?  We are using MPF in our application.

Mark is using MPF, which has a different driver to the tyGSOctal one,
hence the different initialization.  The tyGSOctal driver provides a true
vxWorks serial port which is accessed in the Unix manner by opening a file
descriptor, whereas MPF uses its own interface which was designed for
EPICS.  "ipacAddCarrier" is the only initialization command that will be
common to both drivers.

- Andrew
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