Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Have you tried using "%s" for the string output?

~Ralph

On 01/04/2015 10:44, Isabella Rey wrote:

Hi All,

I have a device to which I need to send a file path followed by a number:

example:
load_curve C:\pulse.txt 3870

The file path is stored in the database as a waveform of chars.
When I run the protocol stream device sends (what I think is) a null terminator after the file path:

device receives:
load_curve C:\pulse.txt\x00 3870

Is there any way of getting rid of the \x00 terminator?

Below I copy my protocol and the database records.

Cheers,
Isabella


I've defined the protocol in stream device as:
load_curve
{
    out "load_curve %(\$1)c %(\$2)i";
    in "%(\$1:\$2)b";
}

and in the database I have:

record(bo, "DEV:LOAD_CURVE") {
  field(DTYP, "stream")
  field(OUT, "@my.proto load_curve(DEV:CURVE_FILE, DEV:VPI) $(PORT)")
}

record(waveform, "DEV:CURVE_FILE") {
  field(DESC, "File path")
  field(DTYP, "Soft Channel")
  field(NELM, "256")
  field(FTVL, "CHAR")
}