RE: Newbe question - PV limits

["Allison, Stephanie" <saa@slac.stanford.edu>]

Hi Paul,

It is helpful to know the OS and version of EPICS base that you are using.  Also provide the output from the full dbpr results from the IOC:

dbpr("GROUP_0", 5)

Thank you,
Stephanie Allison

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov [mailto:tech-talk-bounces@aps.anl.gov] On Behalf
> Of Paul Nord
> Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 2:10 PM
> To: tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
> Subject: Newbe question - PV limits
> 
> I've got a GUI setup with MEDM to control some values.  I'd like to PV to accept values
> only in a valid range: 4 or 5.
> 
> Here's the record:
> record(longout, "GROUP_0")
> {
>  field(DESC, "SNMP channel BBM-")
>  field(DTYP, "Snmp")
>  field(SCAN, "Passive")
>  field(EGU,  "")
>  field(PINI, "YES")
>  field(OUT,  "@$(HOST) guru WIENER-CRATE-MIB::groupsSwitch.0 INTEGER: 100
> i")
>  field(ADEL, "1")
>  field(VAL, "5")
>  field(LOPR, "5")
>  field(HOPR, "4")
>  field(DRVH, "5")
>  field(DRVL, "4")
> }
> 
> 
> I've tried setting LOPR, HOPR, and DRV*.  But I can still sent "1" from MEDM and it
> will set the hardware into an undesired mode.
> 
> I must be missing something simple here.
> 
> Paul