Re: StreamDevice return state error

["Kasemir, Kay via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi:

> > > 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".
> > The mbbi should be in INVALID/CALC alarm state after that.
> Except.... that your record is "I/O Intr". Such records get all the available input but process only matching input.
> Non-matching input is silently ignored. That is by design how StreamDevice implements I/O Intr.

That all makes sense.

SCAN=I/O Intr checks everything but only reacts on match.

Anything else is assumed to be meant for some other record and thus ignored.

Maybe the issue could be avoided by changing the message from

  error .. does not accept input 'MONITOR'

to something like

   info .. value 'MONITOR' ignored because outside of expected values.

?

Cheers,

Kay