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Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> · Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:41:22 -0500

Hi Lewis,

On 2011-08-19 J. Lewis Muir wrote:
> Are you talking about the EPICS motor record?  The VAL field is
> only updated after the move completes if certain logic makes it
> get synced with the RBV field.  The VAL field does not update as
> the motor moves.  The RBV field does.

Oops, my mistake, it's ages (10 years?) since I've actually used a motor 
record, so I'm happy to be corrected.

Maybe Jay could explain what information he's actually wanting to get, and the 
other motor experts here can tell him how to achieve that.

- Andrew
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