RE: RE: No PV record found when build ASYN application on Windows

[Freddie Akeroyd - UKRI STFC via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi,

I wonder if you have a filepath issue. If EPICS has been built in the MinGW-w64 shell rather than MSYS shell it will likely not know about the special MSYS absolute paths like "/home"

If you edit   envPaths   and add a  "C:/msys64"  prefix to any absolute paths defined there so e.g. 

    epicsEnvSet("TOP","/home/ihep/example")

becomes 

    epicsEnvSet("TOP","C:/msys64/home/ihep/example")

Does that help?

Regards,

Freddie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov> On Behalf Of Mark Rivers
> via Tech-talk
> Sent: 18 June 2020 15:55
> To: shenzb at ihep.ac.cn
> Cc: 'tech-talk' <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
> Subject: Re: RE: No PV record found when build ASYN application on Windows
> 
> Please try removing the first line of st.cmd, and then run the same command
> again.
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: shenzb at ihep.ac.cn <shenzb at ihep.ac.cn>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 8:52 PM
> To: Mark Rivers
> Cc: 'tech-talk'
> Subject: Re: RE: No PV record found when build ASYN application on Windows
> 
> Here is the st.cmd.
> 
> #!../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/exampleAsyn
> 
> #- You may have to change exampleAsyn to something else
> #- everywhere it appears in this file
> 
> < envPaths
> 
> cd "${TOP}"
> 
> ## Register all support components
> dbLoadDatabase "dbd/exampleAsyn.dbd"
> exampleAsyn_registerRecordDeviceDriver pdbbase
> 
> ## Configure devices
> drvAsynIPPortConfigure("L0","192.168.188.32:4001",0,0,0)
> ## Load record instances
> dbLoadRecords("${ASYN}/db/asynRecord.db","P=guest:,R=asyn,PORT=L0,ADD
> R=24,IMAX=100,OMAX=100")
> 
> ## Load record instances
> dbLoadTemplate "db/user.substitutions"
> dbLoadRecords "db/exampleAsynVersion.db", "user=ihep"
> dbLoadRecords "db/dbSubExample.db", "user=ihep"
> 
> #- Set this to see messages from mySub
> #var mySubDebug 1
> 
> #- Run this to trace the stages of iocInit #traceIocInit
> 
> cd "${TOP}/iocBoot/${IOC}"
> iocInit
> 
> ## Start any sequence programs
> #seq sncExample, "user=ihep"
> 
> The asyn/exampleAsyn directory was generated by makeBaseApp.pl -t
> example. I only added the drvAsynIPPortConfigure and dbLoadRecords lines.
> 
> Actually I tried to run an ioc created by example template, with no editing. The
> same thing happened.
> $ ../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/example.exe st.cmd Invalid directory path,
> ignored filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file
> or directory dbRead opening file dbd/example.dbd registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed aSub registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aai registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed aao registerRecordDeviceDriver failed ai registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed ao registerRecordDeviceDriver failed bi registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed bo registerRecordDeviceDriver failed calc registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed calcout registerRecordDeviceDriver failed compress
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed dfanout registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> event registerRecordDeviceDriver failed fanout registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed histogram registerRecordDeviceDriver failed int64in
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed int64out registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> longin registerRecordDeviceDriver failed longout registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed lsi registerRecordDeviceDriver failed lso registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed mbbi registerRecordDeviceDriver failed mbbiDirect
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed mbbo registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> mbboDirect registerRecordDeviceDriver failed permissive
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed printf registerRecordDeviceDriver failed sel
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed seq registerRecordDeviceDriver failed state
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed stringin registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> stringout registerRecordDeviceDriver failed sub registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed subArray registerRecordDeviceDriver failed waveform
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed xxx registryJLinkAdd failed calc
> registryJLinkAdd failed const registryJLinkAdd failed debug registryJLinkAdd
> failed state registryJLinkAdd failed trace registryJLinkAdd failed pva
> dbLoadTemplate: error opening sub file db/user.substitutions
> filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file or
> directory dbRead opening file db/exampleVersion.db
> filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file or
> directory dbRead opening file db/dbSubExample.db Invalid directory path,
> ignored Starting iocInit
> checkDatabase: menuConvert not defined.
> iocBuild: Aborting, bad database definition (DBD)!
> #!../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/example
> < envPaths
> epicsEnvSet("IOC","iocexample")
> epicsEnvSet("TOP","/home/ihep/example")
> epicsEnvSet("EPICS_BASE","/home/ihep/example/../base-7.0.3.1")
> cd "/home/ihep/example"
> ## Register all support components
> dbLoadDatabase "dbd/example.dbd"
> example_registerRecordDeviceDriver pdbbase ## Load record instances
> dbLoadTemplate "db/user.substitutions"
> dbLoadRecords "db/exampleVersion.db", "user=ihep"
> dbLoadRecords "db/dbSubExample.db", "user=ihep"
> #var mySubDebug 1
> #traceIocInit
> cd "/home/ihep/example/iocBoot/iocexample"
> iocInit
> ## Start any sequence programs
> #seq sncExample, "user=ihep"
> epics> dbl
> No record type
> 
> And here is the content of st.cmd.
> #!../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/example
> 
> #- You may have to change example to something else
> #- everywhere it appears in this file
> 
> < envPaths
> 
> cd "${TOP}"
> 
> ## Register all support components
> dbLoadDatabase "dbd/example.dbd"
> example_registerRecordDeviceDriver pdbbase
> 
> ## Load record instances
> dbLoadTemplate "db/user.substitutions"
> dbLoadRecords "db/exampleVersion.db", "user=ihep"
> dbLoadRecords "db/dbSubExample.db", "user=ihep"
> 
> #- Set this to see messages from mySub
> #var mySubDebug 1
> 
> #- Run this to trace the stages of iocInit #traceIocInit
> 
> cd "${TOP}/iocBoot/${IOC}"
> iocInit
> 
> ## Start any sequence programs
> #seq sncExample, "user=ihep"
> 
> 
> Zhibang Shen
> 
> From: Mark Rivers<mailto:rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>
> Date: 2020-06-17 23:33
> To: 'shenzb at ihep.ac.cn'<mailto:shenzb at ihep.ac.cn>
> CC: 'tech-talk'<mailto:tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
> Subject: RE: Re: No PV record found when build ASYN application on Windows I
> forgot to include tech-talk in my original reply, but I am including it in this
> follow-up.
> 
> How did you create and build the asyn/exampleAsyn directory?
> 
> This output confuses me.  It is generating an error message without echoing
> the command from st.cmd?
> 
> $ ../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/exampleAsyn.exe st.cmd Invalid directory
> path, ignored filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No
> such file or directory dbRead opening file dbd/exampleAsyn.dbd
> 
> Can you please post your st.cmd file?  It looks like it is trying to open
> dbd/exampleAsyn.dbd, but your default directory is
> ~/support/asyn/exampleAsyn/iocBoot/iocexampleAsyn, so that path is not
> valid.  The dbd/ directory is 2 levels above your current default directory.
> 
> What is also strange is that in your output it looks like it is starting the IOC
> twice.  First at the beginning where you get the above message, and then again
> later where you get this message:
> 
> Starting iocInit
> checkDatabase: menuConvert not defined.
> iocBuild: Aborting, bad database definition (DBD)!
> #!../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/exampleAsyn
> < envPaths
> epicsEnvSet("IOC","iocexampleAsyn")
> epicsEnvSet("TOP","/home/ihep/support/asyn/exampleAsyn")
> epicsEnvSet("ASYN","/home/ihep/support/asyn/4-39")
> epicsEnvSet("EPICS_BASE","/home/ihep/base-7.0.3.1")
> 
> Perhaps the problem is in your st.cmd file, and will become clear if you post
> that.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: shenzb at ihep.ac.cn <shenzb at ihep.ac.cn>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:06 AM
> To: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>
> Subject: Re: Re: No PV record found when build ASYN application on Windows
> 
> Hello Mr. Rivers,
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> 
> The command is executed in MingGW, so the file path is using Linux syntax.
> The output information I sent actually is the complete output.
> ihep@ihep-HP MINGW64
> ~/support/asyn/exampleAsyn/iocBoot/iocexampleAsyn
> $ ../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/exampleAsyn.exe st.cmd Invalid directory
> path, ignored filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No
> such file or directory dbRead opening file dbd/exampleAsyn.dbd
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aSub registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aai
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aao registerRecordDeviceDriver failed ai
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed ao registerRecordDeviceDriver failed asyn
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed bi registerRecordDeviceDriver failed bo
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed calc registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> calcout registerRecordDeviceDriver failed compress
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed dfanout registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> event registerRecordDeviceDriver failed fanout registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed histogram registerRecordDeviceDriver failed int64in
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed int64out registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> longin registerRecordDeviceDriver failed longout registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed lsi registerRecordDeviceDriver failed lso registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed mbbi registerRecordDeviceDriver failed mbbiDirect
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed mbbo registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> mbboDirect registerRecordDeviceDriver failed permissive
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed printf registerRecordDeviceDriver failed sel
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed seq registerRecordDeviceDriver failed state
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed stringin registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> stringout registerRecordDeviceDriver failed sub registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed subArray registerRecordDeviceDriver failed waveform
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed xxx registryJLinkAdd failed calc
> registryJLinkAdd failed const registryJLinkAdd failed debug registryJLinkAdd
> failed state registryJLinkAdd failed trace registryJLinkAdd failed pva
> filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file or
> directory dbRead opening file /home/ihep/support/asyn/4-
> 39/db/asynRecord.db
> dbLoadTemplate: error opening sub file db/user.substitutions
> filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file or
> directory dbRead opening file db/exampleAsynVersion.db
> filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file or
> directory dbRead opening file db/dbSubExample.db Invalid directory path,
> ignored Starting iocInit
> checkDatabase: menuConvert not defined.
> iocBuild: Aborting, bad database definition (DBD)!
> #!../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/exampleAsyn
> < envPaths
> epicsEnvSet("IOC","iocexampleAsyn")
> epicsEnvSet("TOP","/home/ihep/support/asyn/exampleAsyn")
> epicsEnvSet("ASYN","/home/ihep/support/asyn/4-39")
> epicsEnvSet("EPICS_BASE","/home/ihep/base-7.0.3.1")
> cd "/home/ihep/support/asyn/exampleAsyn"
> ## Register all support components
> dbLoadDatabase "dbd/exampleAsyn.dbd"
> exampleAsyn_registerRecordDeviceDriver pdbbase ## Configure devices
> drvAsynIPPortConfigure("L0","192.168.188.32:4001",0,0,0)
> ## Load record instances
> dbLoadRecords("/home/ihep/support/asyn/4-
> 39/db/asynRecord.db","P=guest:,R=asyn,PORT=L0,ADDR=24,IMAX=100,OMAX
> =100")
> ## Load record instances
> dbLoadTemplate "db/user.substitutions"
> dbLoadRecords "db/exampleAsynVersion.db", "user=ihep"
> dbLoadRecords "db/dbSubExample.db", "user=ihep"
> #var mySubDebug 1
> #traceIocInit
> cd "/home/ihep/support/asyn/exampleAsyn/iocBoot/iocexampleAsyn"
> iocInit
> ## Start any sequence programs
> #seq sncExample, "user=ihep"
> epics> dbl
> No record type
> epics>
> 
> 
> Here is the contents of envPaths:
> epicsEnvSet("IOC","iocexampleAsyn")
> epicsEnvSet("TOP","/home/ihep/support/asyn/exampleAsyn")
> epicsEnvSet("ASYN","/home/ihep/support/asyn/4-39")
> epicsEnvSet("EPICS_BASE","/home/ihep/base-7.0.3.1")
> 
> It seems that the command dbLoadRecords causes the exception
> filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file or
> directory dbRead opening file db/dbSubExample.db and command
> exampleAsyn_registerRecordDeviceDriver pdbbase causes the exception
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aSub registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aai
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aao ...
> 
> 
> Thank you very much for your help!
> 
> 
> Zhibang Shen
> 
> From: Mark Rivers<mailto:rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>
> Date: 2020-06-17 19:55
> To: shenzb at ihep.ac.cn<mailto:shenzb at ihep.ac.cn>
> Subject: Re: No PV record found when build ASYN application on Windows
> > Should I run the bat file in Windows command prompt or MingGW?
> 
> 
> You should run it in whatever shell you will then run the IOC.
> 
> 
> > $ ../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/exampleAsyn.exe st.cmd
> 
> > Invalid directory path, ignored
> > filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264
> 
> Please send the complete output when you run that command.
> 
> > No such file or directory dbRead opening file
> > /home/ihep/support/asyn/4-39/db/asynRecord.db
> 
> You are running on Windows, but that file path is using Linux syntax, not
> Windows.  What shell are you running when you execute the command to run
> the IOC?  Can you send the envPaths file that was generated in the
> /iocBoot/iocexampleAsyn directory.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Tech-talk <tech-talk-bounces at aps.anl.gov<mailto:tech-talk-
> bounces at aps.anl.gov>> on behalf of shenzb--- via Tech-talk <tech-
> talk at aps.anl.gov<mailto:tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 5:22 AM
> To: tech-talk
> Subject: No PV record found when build ASYN application on Windows
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I met two problems when I tried to include asynRecord.db in a windows-x64-
> mingw EPICS example application. The EPICS base is 7.0.3.1 and asyn is 4-39.
> 
> I have specified the EPICS_BASE and ASYN paths in the configure/RELEASE file.
> And I have added exampleAsyn_LIBS += asyn, exampleAsyn_DBD+=asyn.dbd
> and exampleAsyn_DBD+=drvAsynIPPort.dbd into src/Makefile. No error was
> printed while 'make clean install'. However,
> 
> 1) st.cmd could not work. It said:
> $ ../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/exampleAsyn.exe st.cmd
> C:/msys64/home/ihep/support/asyn/exampleAsyn/bin/windows-x64-
> mingw/exampleAsyn.exe: error while loading shared libraries:
> exampleAsynSupport.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> directory I followed the solution mentioned here, https://epics.anl.gov/tech-
> talk/2017/msg00009.php, adding the path of asyn.dll to variable PATH. IOC
> could finally run. I saw Mr. Rivers gave another better way to do
> that(https://epics.anl.gov/tech-talk/2017/msg00013.php). Should I run the bat
> file in Windows command prompt or MingGW?
> 
> 2) Though the IOC was started, there was no pv record.
> $ ../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/exampleAsyn.exe st.cmd Invalid directory
> path, ignored filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No
> such file or directory dbRead opening file dbd/exampleAsyn.dbd
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aSub registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aai
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed aao registerRecordDeviceDriver failed ai
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed ao registerRecordDeviceDriver failed asyn
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed bi registerRecordDeviceDriver failed bo
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed calc registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> calcout registerRecordDeviceDriver failed compress
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed dfanout registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> event registerRecordDeviceDriver failed fanout registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed histogram registerRecordDeviceDriver failed int64in
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed int64out registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> longin registerRecordDeviceDriver failed longout registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed lsi registerRecordDeviceDriver failed lso registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed mbbi registerRecordDeviceDriver failed mbbiDirect
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed mbbo registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> mbboDirect registerRecordDeviceDriver failed permissive
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed printf registerRecordDeviceDriver failed sel
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed seq registerRecordDeviceDriver failed state
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed stringin registerRecordDeviceDriver failed
> stringout registerRecordDeviceDriver failed sub registerRecordDeviceDriver
> failed subArray registerRecordDeviceDriver failed waveform
> registerRecordDeviceDriver failed xxx registryJLinkAdd failed calc
> registryJLinkAdd failed const registryJLinkAdd failed debug registryJLinkAdd
> failed state registryJLinkAdd failed trace registryJLinkAdd failed pva
> filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file or
> directory dbRead opening file /home/ihep/support/asyn/4-
> 39/db/asynRecord.db
> dbLoadTemplate: error opening sub file db/user.substitutions
> filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file or
> directory dbRead opening file db/exampleAsynVersion.db
> filename="../dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c" line number=264 No such file or
> directory dbRead opening file db/dbSubExample.db Invalid directory path,
> ignored Starting iocInit
> checkDatabase: menuConvert not defined.
> iocBuild: Aborting, bad database definition (DBD)!
> #!../../bin/windows-x64-mingw/exampleAsyn
> < envPaths
> epicsEnvSet("IOC","iocexampleAsyn")
> epicsEnvSet("TOP","/home/ihep/support/asyn/exampleAsyn")
> epicsEnvSet("ASYN","/home/ihep/support/asyn/4-39")
> epicsEnvSet("EPICS_BASE","/home/ihep/base-7.0.3.1")
> cd "/home/ihep/support/asyn/exampleAsyn"
> ## Register all support components
> dbLoadDatabase "dbd/exampleAsyn.dbd"
> exampleAsyn_registerRecordDeviceDriver pdbbase ## Configure devices
> drvAsynIPPortConfigure("L0","192.168.188.32:4001",0,0,0)
> ## Load record instances
> dbLoadRecords("/home/ihep/support/asyn/4-
> 39/db/asynRecord.db","P=guest:,R=asyn,PORT=L0,ADDR=24,IMAX=100,OMAX
> =100")
> ## Load record instances
> dbLoadTemplate "db/user.substitutions"
> dbLoadRecords "db/exampleAsynVersion.db", "user=ihep"
> dbLoadRecords "db/dbSubExample.db", "user=ihep"
> #var mySubDebug 1
> #traceIocInit
> cd "/home/ihep/support/asyn/exampleAsyn/iocBoot/iocexampleAsyn"
> iocInit
> ## Start any sequence programs
> #seq sncExample, "user=ihep"
> epics> dbl
> No record type
> epics>
> 
> I could find exampleAsyn.dbd in dbd/ directory.
> 
> I built a same example application on Linux(base 3.15.6, asyn 4-33), and it
> succeeded. Could someone please help me with this? Thanks a lot.
> 
> ________________________________
> Best regards,
> --
> Zhibang Shen

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