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Hi Richard,


I don't know of a tutorial.  But the makeBaseApp.pl script in EPICS base creates an application that defines a new record type, xxxRecord.


That example contains a src/ directory with Makefile, xxxRecord.dbd, and xxxRecord.c, and a Db directory with an example database, dbExample1.db.   This shows you how to do it.


There are several real-world examples in the synApps source code.


https://github.com/epics-modules/motor  motor record

https://github.com/epics-modules/asyn  asyn record

https://github.com/epics-modules/mca  mca record


Mark



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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Lucock, Richard M <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2018 3:20 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Recipe for creating a new record

Hi,

        As part of learning about epics, I would like to try creating
a new record type (I am aware that using existing types, if possible,
is recommended), but I haven't been able to find any sort of recipe
for going about it. I have found information on how to write the
actual code, but nothing about setting up the directory structure,
what to add to '.db' files, configure files, etc. Can anyone point me
at a tutorial for this ?

Thanks,
        Richard

References:

Recipe for creating a new record Lucock, Richard M

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