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Subject: StreamDevice mbbi format-converter problem
From: "Mooney, Tim M. via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
To: "tech-talk at aps.anl.gov" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 15:52:32 +0000
Dear folks,

I have an mbbi record with streamDevice support, and the following protocol:
get_units { out "REMOTE; CHAN \$1; UNITS?";  in "%{cm|in|%%}"; }

Here is the record definition:
record(mbbi, "$(device):UNITS")
{
    field(DESC, "Units")
    field(DTYP, "stream")
    field(INP,  "@cryomagLM510.proto get_units($(chan)) $(port)")
    field(ZRST, "cm")
    field(ONST, "in")
    field(TWST, "%")
    field(SCAN, "Passive")
}

When the device response is "cm" or "in" it is handled correctly, but when the response is "%" the record value doesn't change, even though the asyn trace output shows that the character received actually was "%"

2021/04/08 10:03:28.517 164.54.115.98:4266 write 23
REMOTE; CHAN 1; UNITS?
2021/04/08 10:03:28.617 164.54.115.98:4266 read 3
%

(Three characters are received because the input terminator is "interminator  = CR LF;")

Originally, I had the protocol wrong because I didn't realize the "%" would be treated as a format converter:
get_units { out "REMOTE; CHAN \$1; UNITS?";  in "%{cm|in|%}"; }
But then I tried changing the protocol file to this:
get_units { out "REMOTE; CHAN \$1; UNITS?";  in "%{cm|in|\%}"; }
followed by streamReload(), which didn't work, and finally to this:
get_units { out "REMOTE; CHAN \$1; UNITS?";  in "%{cm|in|%%}"; }
followed by streamReload(), which also didn't work.

I'm using StreamDevice-2-8-9.  I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Tim Mooney (mooney at anl.gov) (630)252-5417
Beamline Controls Group (www.aps.anl.gov)
Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab


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