Trying to get new R3.15.7 and synapps 6.1 working.

[Eric Norum via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

My attempts at upgrading to a newer version of EPICS base and support modules have foundered.  I downloaded and built base-3-15.7, synapps-6., and the latest StreamDevice.  No (major) problems there.  I had to comment out the Oriel motor support because there appears to be no OrielRegister.h but other than that everything built.

But when trying to build one of my support modules and test IOCs I get odd complaints about scalcout record support:

. . .

make[3]: Entering directory `/eda/epics/R3.15.7/modules/instrument/CaenFastPS/CaenFastPSapp/src/O.linux-x86_64'

/usr/bin/g++  -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE            -D_X86_64_  -DUNIX  -Dlinux     -O3   -Wall      -mtune=generic     -m64  -I. -I../O.Common -I. -I. -I.. -I../../../include/compiler/gcc -I../../../include/os/Linux -I../../../include   -I/eda/epics/R3.15.7/modules/soft/StreamDevice/include   -I/eda/epics/R3.15.7/modules/soft/synapps/synApps_6_1/support/asyn-R4-36/include -I/eda/epics/R3.15.7/base/include/compiler/gcc -I/eda/epics/R3.15.7/base/include/os/Linux -I/eda/epics/R3.15.7/base/include        -MM -MF CaenFastPSMain.d  ../CaenFastPSMain.cpp

Creating dbd file CaenFastPS.dbd

perl -CSD /eda/epics/R3.15.7/base/bin/linux-x86_64/dbdExpand.pl   -I. -I.. -I../O.Common -I../../../dbd -I/eda/epics/R3.15.7/modules/soft/StreamDevice/dbd -I/eda/epics/R3.15.7/modules/soft/synapps/synApps_6_1/support/asyn-R4-36/dbd -I/eda/epics/R3.15.7/base/dbd -o CaenFastPS.dbd base.dbd stream.dbd asynRecord.dbd drvAsynIPPort.dbd

Device using unknown record type 'scalcout', declaration created

And the resulting application dbd file contains:

device(longout, CONSTANT, devLoSoft, "Soft Channel")

device(longout, CONSTANT, devLoSoftCallback, "Async Soft Channel")

device(longout, INST_IO, devlongoutStream, "stream")

recordtype(scalcout) {

}

device(scalcout, INST_IO, devscalcoutStream, "stream")

The empty scalcout record declaration breaks things when the test IOC starts up:

. . .

cd "/eda/epics/R3.15.7/modules/instrument/CaenFastPS"

###############################################################################

# Register all support components

dbLoadDatabase "dbd/CaenFastPS.dbd"

Declaration of recordtype(scalcout) preceeded full definition.

Error at or before "}" in file "dbd/CaenFastPS.dbd" line 13241

CaenFastPS_registerRecordDeviceDriver pdbbase

registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aSub

registerRecordDeviceDriver failed ai

registerRecordDeviceDriver failed stringin

registerRecordDeviceDriver failed sub

###############################################################################

Suggestions?

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Eric Norum
wenorum@lbl.gov