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One correction:  The macro that was commented out in the older version 
is REMOVE_LIMITS_ON_HOME, NOT PMAC_CID_POWER  (which is a const).

Mark


Mark Davis NSCL/FRIB Control Systems Software Engineer [email protected]
On 5/30/2019 3:47 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Thanks, Mark,
>
>
> I will roll a fix into the next release.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Davis, Mark <[email protected]>
> Sent: 29 May 2019 19:04:39
> To: [email protected]; Knap, Giles (DLSLtd,RAL,LSCI)
> Subject: pmac driver bug
>
> To Giles and other interested parties,
>
> I found another bug in the pmac driver (version 2-4-10):
>
> The section of code in the pmacAxis::home() function that is
> conditionally compiled based on the macro REMOVE_LIMITS_ON_HOME does not
> check for the PMAC_CID_POWER CID value, so when using a Power Brick
> controller it simply logs an error (if enabled) and exits.
>
> The older version of the driver I was using had the definition of the
> PMAC_CID_POWER macro commented out, so the offending section of code was
> not included and it would just send the home command regardless of what
> type of controller you have.
>
> For now, I commented this macro out in the newer version to get the same
> behavior as the older one.
>
> ----------------
> Mark Davis
> NSCL/FRIB
> Control Systems Software Engineer
> [email protected]
>
>

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