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Ernest, Autosave doesn't (currently) permit a request file to be used
more than once in a create_*_set() call, because I neglected to code for
this possibility when I added macro substitution.  You can, nevertheless,
have nearly the effect you want, in the following way:

Make files I'll call all_motor_positions.req, and all_motor_settings.req,
with the following content:

all_motor_positions.req:
-----------------------
file motor_positions.req M=CM1:motor
file motor_positions.req M=CM2:motor
...

all_motor_settings.req:
----------------------
file motor_settings.req M=CM1:motor
file motor_settings.req M=CM2:motor
...

create_monitor_set("all_motor_positions.req", 5, "P=U01:")
create_monitor_set("all_motor_settings.req", 5, "P=U01:")

The include files, motor_positions.req and motor_settings.req, must occur in
a directory included in autosave's requestfile path to be found.  (See
set_requestfile_path(), in autosave's docs.)

I'll look into what would be required for autosave to work as your first try
expects.  It probably won't be pretty, because (IIRC) autosave has the notion
of a file name directly representing a save set buried pretty deeply into its
structure.  Also, it won't happen until after synApps 5.4.

Hi,

I am getting the following error from autosave version 4-4:
==========================================================
create_monitor_set("motor_positions.req", 5, "P=U01:, M=CM1:motor")
0x00000000 (0)
create_monitor_set("motor_settings.req", 30, "P=U01:, M=CM1:motor")
0x00000000 (0)
create_monitor_set("motor_positions.req", 5, "P=U01:, M=CM2:motor")
save_restore:create_data_set: 'motor_positions.req' already in c mode0xffffffff (-1)
create_monitor_set("motor_settings.req", 30, "P=U01:, M=CM2:motor")
save_restore:create_data_set: 'motor_settings.req' already in c mode0xffffffff (-1)
create_monitor_set("motor_positions.req", 5, "P=U01:, M=CM3:motor")
save_restore:create_data_set: 'motor_positions.req' already in c mode0xffffffff (-1)
create_monitor_set("motor_settings.req", 30, "P=U01:, M=CM3:motor")
save_restore:create_data_set: 'motor_settings.req' already in c mode0xffffffff (-1)
================================================================

I guess this means that it is not reentrant like the sequencer?

In any case, we will do the request file like this:
========= motor_positions.req =================
$(P):CM1:motor.DVAL
$(P):CM1:motor.OFF
$(P):CM2:motor.DVAL
$(P):CM2:motor.OFF
$(P):CM3:motor.DVAL
$(P):CM3:motor.OFF
==========================================

Thanks,
Ernest

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Tim Mooney ([email protected]) (630)252-5417
Beamline Controls & Data Acquisition Group
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab.

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