Experimental Physics and
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tyler Lemon via Tech-talk
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 2:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Ether_ip driver set up help

1. Make sure that the driver code has been checked out and built  as described above.  The Make in the config directory depends on the proper directories already existing.

2.1. cd  <your ioc application>/configure

>>>> Should <your ioc application> in this step be <TOP> for the IOC or testApp?

It should be <TOP>

2.2. edit the file RELEASE file, add the line

     ETHER_IP=/cs/epics/ADE/R3.14.11/support/ether_ip/<RELEASE>

>>>> I'm guessing I should modify the line above to point to where the ether_ip source files are?

Yes. This should be the path of your ether_ip folder that you download it from GitHub

2.3. Make sure the new definitions take effect by

           make clean

           make

     in the configure directory.

3. Set up the  dbd include file in your src directory to include ether_ip.dbd by adding the line

             include "ether_ip.dbd"

 after the line include "../base.dbd".

>> The only place I can find a dbd include file is under testApp/src/O.Common. Is this the one to modify?

No. You need to modify testApp/src/Makefile by adding the following line:

test_DBD += ether_ip.dbd

   Now that RELEASE file has been edited and config or configure has been rebuilt the Makefile will be able to find ether_ip.dbd when it expands your dbd file.

4. Set up your application to include the object libraries by including the following lines in Makefile:

                   <app>_LIBS += ether_ip

    ether_ip_DIR = $(ETHER_IP_LIB)

>>>> Which Makefile do I modify? The one in testApp/src?

Yes. You need to add the following line:

test_LIBS += ether_ip

Thanks in advance for any help or advice that can be given!

Best regards,

Tyler Lemon