RE: How can I know the Status of an IOC (running or not...)

[Ralph Lange <Ralph.Lange@mail.bessy.de>]

Hi Florent,

from within the EPICS State Notation Compiler / Sequencer (which is a
widely used tool to write state machines that integrate into an EPICS
system) you can access the status of a CA connection using the builtin
functions pvConnected() and pvConnectCount().


  http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/modules/base/R3-14/1.php

contains a link to the sequencer documentation,

  http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/modules/base/R3-14/1-docs/CAref.html#Connection

is the paragraph in the CA documentation that Jeff is referring to.


Of course, all this will only tell you about the state of a channel
access network connection for a particular channel or IOC. If you really
want to know if the IOC is running (and not just a network connector has
been pulled, a network switch is down etc.) you will have to have an
independent hardware (probably VME) based monitoring solution that uses
a separate network.

Ralph


>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Hill <johill@lanl.gov> writes:

  > The connection state callback handler can be used to keep your
  > application responsive to the state of health of the IOC. 

  > Alternatively, you can create a process variable that
  > periodically toggles its state, and then connect a monitor
  > subscription to this process variable so that the monitor update
  > callbacks provide verification of the communication link.

  > Jeff

  >> -----Original Message-----
  >> From: LANGLOIS Florent [mailto:florent.langlois@synchrotron-
  >> soleil.fr]
  >> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:15 AM
  >> To: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
  >> Subject: How can I know the Status of an IOC (running or
  > not...)
  >> 
  >> Hi all,
  >> 
  >> is there a way to know the status of an IOC ?
  >> i mean without waiting the return of a CA call.
  >> is there for example a status register or something?
  >> so that i can manage a state machine in my CA client.
  >> 
  >> thanks
  >> 
  >> 
  >> Florent Langlois
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