Experimental Physics and
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"Zimoch Dirk \(PSI\) via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Wed, 29 Jun 2022 07:28:15 +0000

On Wed, 2022-06-29 at 07:25 +0000, Zimoch Dirk (PSI) via Tech-talk wrote:
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> The error "Record does not accept input" happens when you send a string (parsed with %s) to a record with an enum VAL
> like your mbbi, but the string does not match any of the enum strings in the record.
> As your record only has "STANDBY", "OPERATE" and "SELFTEST", it does not accept the input "MONITOR".
> 
> Dirk
> 

The mbbi should be in INVALID/CALC alarm state after that.

> 
> On Tue, 2022-06-28 at 16:37 +0000, Barrett (US), Patrick E via Tech-talk wrote:
> > I am working to simulate a SCPI type device with an IOC.  I am using I/O Intr records to read in the SCPI and set
> > the
> > state of the mbbi record.  The IOC should return ERROR if an error occurs, such as if an invalid state is requested.
> > I
> > can see the error message in the IOC when an invalid state is requested, but do not know how to capture the error in
> > the protocol file or db setup to send a return string of “ERROR”.
> >  
> > The error I get is when sending the IOC “SYSTEM:STATE MONITOR” is: ’… RCV_STATE: Record does not accept input
> > "MONITOR"’
> >  
> > Proto definition:
> > readSystemState
> > {
> >    in "SYSTEM:STATE %s";
> >    out "%(\$1)s";
> > }
> >  
> > Record definition:
> > record(mbbi, "RCV_STATE")
> > {
> >    field(DESC, "SYSTEM:STATE P01")
> >    field(DTYP, "stream")
> >    field(SCAN, "I/O Intr")
> >    field(INP,  "@simCmd.proto readSystemState(STATE_RTN) $(PORT) 0")
> >    field(ZRST, "STANDBY")
> >    field(ZRVL, "0")
> >    field(ONST, "OPERATE")
> >    field(ONVL, "1")
> >    field(TWST, "SELFTEST")
> >    field(TWVL, "2")
> >    field(UNSV, "INVALID")
> > }
> > record(bi, " STATE_RTN ")
> > {
> >    field(DESC, "State Return")
> >    field(DTYP, "Soft Channel")
> >    field(SCAN, "Passive")
> >    field(ZNAM, "OK")
> >    field(ONAM, "ERROR")
> >    field(VAL, 0)
> >    field(PINI, 1)
> > }
> > Patrick Barrett
> > Software Engineer
> > The Boeing Company
> >  

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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