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Subject:	Re: Using PVUtil to get PV's value when PV name is input as string in CSS
From:	Davide Marcato via Tech-talk <[email protected]>
To:	Tyler Lemon <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date:	Tue, 14 May 2019 09:58:59 +0200

Hello,
why are you trying to create the PV names from a parameter inside the script? If you pass all the required PVs as inputs to the script your code may work.

By the way, in my opinion a better solution would be to do this kind of stuff with a dedicated script running somewhere on the network, and not in the GUI. If you don't have access to the original IOC you can use pyepics to create a simple script to concatenate values from different PVs to a single array, and then launch it as a daemon.

Davide

On 13/05/19 7:14 PM, Tyler Lemon via Tech-talk wrote:

Hello,

I am trying to develop a Python script that is executed by CSS that reads several PV values and combines them into one array. We do not have access to the IOC's database file to be able to create the array there, so that is why we are trying to make a Python script to do it.

I have tried to use function PVUtil.getDouble, but its argument has to be an org.csstudio.simplepv.IPV data type.

Below is an example of what I am trying to do in the script:

from org.csstudio.opibuilder.scriptUtil import PVUtil

from array import array

arrayPV = 'loc://testArray' #PV name of array to write values to.

vals = array('f')

for i in range(1,6):

pv = 'devIOC:ai'+str(i)

pvVal = PVUtil.getDouble(pv)

vals.append(pvVal)

PVUtil.writePV(arrayPV,vals)

When this is run in CSS, it gives the error:

TypeError: getDouble(): 1st arg can't be coerced to org.csstudio.simplepv.IPV

Is there a way to convert a string to the org.csstudio.simplepv.IPV type to be able to use it with PVUtil.getDouble?

Or is there an equivalent function that can be used whose input argument can be a string?

Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks!

Best regards,

Tyler Lemon

Jefferson Lab

Detector Support Group

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