RE: Killing caRepeater on Windows 10

[Mark Rivers via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

I just did an experiment with 4 different versions of caget.  For each experiment I did the following:

-          Kill the existing caRepeater task

-          Run caget

-          See if caRepeater.exe showed up in Task Manager Details tab.

 

The versions of caget I tested were

7.0.3.1

3.15.5

3.14.12.6

The version that comes with the most recent EPICS Windows Tools, caRepeater.exe dated 7/8/2014.

 

Of these only the EPICS Windows Tools version produced a caRepeater.exe that appeared in the Windows 10 Task Manager.  All of the others started caRepeater, but it was not visible in Task Manger.

 

Another question might be what version of caRepeater is actually run.  I assume this is the first one found in the PATH.

 

J:\epics\devel\dxp>where carepeater

H:\epics\base\bin\windows-x64-static\caRepeater.exe

C:\Program Files\caQTDM\bin\windows-x64\caRepeater.exe

 

H:\epics\base\bin\windows-x64-static is a soft link to base-7.0.3.1, so that should be the version of caRepeater it is running.

 

Mark

 

 

From: Matt Newville <newville@cars.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 10:16 AM
To: Mark Rivers <rivers@cars.uchicago.edu>
Cc: Engbretson, Mark S. <engbretson@anl.gov>; tech-talk@aps.anl.gov
Subject: Re: Killing caRepeater on Windows 10

 

I do see caRepeater.exe appear in the Details tab of Task Manager on Windows 10 once a real CA connection is begun.

 

--Matt Newville