Marty Kraimer wrote:
> For 3.14 the limit is 60 characters not including a terminating null
byte.
> For 3.13 the limit is 28 characters not including a terminating null
byte.
>
> There may be some CA applications that do not accept the longer names
> but all the major tools should be OK. I believe that SNS has many PV
> names with more than 28 characters and would have complained if they
> found problems.
The 60 character limit in 3.14 is the maximum length of a record name,
not a PV name, right? Is there a limit on the length of the PV name,
i.e. record name plus field name? Is there a limit on the length of the
field name?
Mark
> Gavin Smith wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > What is the character limit on the length of PV names in EPICS? I
have
> > seen things referring to 28 chars, 40 chars and 60 chars. Whilst I
> > have sucessfully made a record with a double alphabet name (i.e.
> > 26x2=52 chars) I am wary that other programs (such as EDM) may have
> > different limits.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Gavin Smith.
> >
> >
>
>
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