mbbo strings linked to mbbo commands

[Emmanuel Mayssat <emmanuel_mayssat@lynceantech.com>]

I use the mbbo to configure some of my timing generator.
For example, I can select 'internal' or 'external' trigger.
For each of those settings, I need to send over GPIB a specific command.

I noticed that a mbbo record is quite a nice way to do that.
The only thing is that in the record we cannot input clearly which 
command to send when the mbbo is set to 0 or 1.

Obviously, I could use the OUT field to pass all of the 16 commands 
(mbbo can have up to 16 values/strings). But then I could potentially 
hit the limit on the length of that field (40 chars?) and the command 
are not clearly associated with a 'state' string (the association of 
field in the Db file must be done in the driver code - Not really 
readable!).

The other method I have found is to use a soft mbbo to a sequencer 
(SELM=specified and DOLx=my commands) that output on a Stringout record.

Is anybody using anything else or a smarter way?

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Emmanuel Mayssat
Lyncean Technologies, Inc.
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