Re: Creating calc record in Python softioc

["Johnson, Andrew N. via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi Paul,

On Feb 5, 2021, at 12:23 PM, Paul Nord via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> wrote:

According to the documentation, this should work:

#!/usr/local/epics/modules/pythonIoc/pythonIoc
from softioc import softioc, builder
builder.SetDeviceName('XX')
rec = builder.aIn('VALUE')
calc = builder.records.calc('CALC', CALC = 'A*B', A = rec, B = 42)
rec.FLNK = builder.PP(calc)

I’ve never used the Python softIoc, but given this error message

AssertionError: Can't write "XX:VALUE" to field A: not a number

have you tried this instead?

calc = builder.records.calc('CALC', CALC = 'A*B', INPA = rec, B = 42)

- Andrew

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