Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Kasemir, Kay via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Fri, 10 Sep 2021 12:43:06 +0000

Hi:

As for building, the older Eclipse-based setup can be very difficult.
You might want to try the newer source base, https://github.com/ControlSystemStudio/phoebus

As for running the archive engine, your log seems inconsistent because you're trying to use the config "demo":

> ./ArchiveEngine -pluginCustomization plugin_customization.ini -engine demo

.. but get an error about "Demo":
> Unknown engine 'Demo'
>   at org.csstudio.archive.engine.model.EngineModel.readConfig(EngineModel.java:420)

They are case-sensitive, so I assume it's a copy/paste error?

In any case, you need to first define a configuration before you can use it.
So you first need to create a demo (or Demo) config, import it into the RDB, and then you can use it.

Somewhat like this:

# Create config
cat >demo.xml <<END
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<engineconfig>
  <group>
    <name>BPLS</name>
    <channel><name>SomeExamplePV</name><period>00:00:01</period><monitor /></channel>
  </group>
</engineconfig>
END

# Import
archive-engine.sh -settings /path/to/settings.ini -engine Demo -import /path/to/demo.xml

# Run sample engine
archive-engine.sh -settings /path/to/settings.ini -engine Demo

This is for the current tool where the archive engine and archive config tool are one.
In the older Eclipse-based tools, the ArchiveEngine and the ArchiveConfigTool were separate, but the general idea is the same, as is the XML file format and the RDB setup.

-Kay

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System