Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Hello EPICS-community,

I’m trying to find a solution for the following calculation:

record(scalcout,"$(exp):FilePath") {

  field(INAA,"$(exp):PathMenu.VAL CP")

  field(INBB,"$(exp):DateMenu.VAL CP")

  field(INCC,"$(exp):SampleMenu.VAL CP")

  field(INDD,"$(exp):OrientationMenu.VAL CP")

  field(INEE,"$(exp):EnergyMenu.VAL CP")

  field(INFF,"$(cam):$(format)1:FileNumber CP")

  field(CALC,"AA+BB+CC+DD+EE+FF")

  field(OUT,"$(cam):$(format)1:FilePath")

}

INAA to INFF are mbbo records that I want to use as dropdown-menus. Each time a dropdown-menu is changed by the user, the scalcout record recalculates the FilePath and puts the new path-string to the areaDetector FilePath record, which is a waveform. This would work fine, if there wasn’t the 40 character limitation for the scalcout-record, so the OUT field is cut. Each of the input fields is smaller then 40 character but combined (the actual path-string) is longer. Can anyone give me an example how to solve this, if possible? I searched the tech-talk but with no luck…

Regards

Michael  

Michael Sintschuk
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