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Subject: Re: Which record is the best to use?
From: Ralph Lange <[email protected]>
To: EPICS Tech Talk <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 09:55:06 +0200
You can actually implement a complete simple state machine using two records:

1 calcout - holds the state, does the condition and next state logic, writes action selector to
1 seq - holds all actions and uses mask mode to execute them

The vacuum example from the SNL/Sequencer training (switching pump and valve depending on pressure) can be implemented using such a two record database.
(Would be a birdie in EPICS Database Golf.)

Cheers,
~Ralph


On Fri, Apr 13, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Mooney, Tim M. <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi Maren,


Yes, you could do that.  The CALC _expression_, and the OOPT field, have complete control over the circumstances under which the output link is executed.  (And note: if the CALC _expression_ value is not also the value you want the output link to write, you can tell the record to write the result of the OCAL _expression_ instead, using the DOPT field.)


Tim Mooney ([email protected]) (630)252-5417
Beamline Controls Group (www.aps.anl.gov)
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab


From: Maren Purves <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2018 10:48:49 PM
To: Mooney, Tim M.; Ivashkevych, Oksana; Tech-talk
Subject: Re: Which record is the best to use?
 
You could put in a counter and break out of that loop after a certain
number of tries?

Maren Purves
East Asian Observatory
(I thought I had sent this earlier but got an error)

On 04/11/18 04:40, Mooney, Tim M. wrote:
> One way to implement a loop is which a calcout record.  The CALC
> _expression_ determines whether or not to loop, and the OOPT field
> specifies the condition in which the output link is executed.  The
> output link should a CA link, otherwise EPICS will break what looks to
> it like an infinite loop.
>
>
> Tim Mooney ([email protected]) (630)252-5417
> Beamline Controls Group (www.aps.anl.gov)
> Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on
> behalf of Ivashkevych, Oksana <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 11, 2018 8:21:46 AM
> *To:* Tech-talk
> *Subject:* Which record is the best to use?
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like to automate phasing of servomotors in Delta Tau.
>
> 1.      Send phasing command via asyn, wait
>
> 2.      If Phasing successful(bit x is set), ->DONE
>
> 3.      If Phasing error(bit y is set),  do 1 again.
>
>
>
> I would like to do it in the database, and not via sequencer, because it
> will give me a luxury of using a substitution file and repeating the
> same for 9 motors and looks much easier. It would be interesting to see
> how Delta Tau will handle several simultaneous phasing requests.
>
>
>
> Thank you for your advice.
>
>
>
> Oksana
>



References:
Which record is the best to use? Ivashkevych, Oksana
Re: Which record is the best to use? Mooney, Tim M.
Re: Which record is the best to use? Maren Purves
Re: Which record is the best to use? Mooney, Tim M.

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