Re: Including display information in NTTables

[Michael Davidsaver via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

On 11/18/24 08:43, Érico Nogueira Rolim via Tech-talk wrote:
> Hi again :)
>
>
> I decided to split this question into a separate email, since it's
> unrelated to my previous question.
>
> With scalar and waveform PVs accessed over CA and PVA, display
> information (mainly PREC for CA, and PVA has precision and form) is
> transferred over the wire, allowing clients to simply use the
> information provided by an IOC to best present the received data. We use
> PREC extensively in our own GUIs.
>
> However, the NTTable spec [1], group schema [2] and pvinfo output don't
> include any display information. Is there some way to specify it?
> Or is it a missing feature?
Yup.


> [1]
> https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://docs.epics-controls.org/en/latest/pv-access/Normative-Types-Specification.html*nttable__;Iw!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c7DJNaU6TTajUJRrV_hQnVWQ_GkL-GybMSOGqgtDPoADRVrzUZSPuc6TdN5Y_Zc6zGjEtGVh0QURUDTti0yV4v3hg7w$
>
> [2] https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://epics-base.github.io/pvxs/qsrv2-schema-0.json__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!c7DJNaU6TTajUJRrV_hQnVWQ_GkL-GybMSOGqgtDPoADRVrzUZSPuc6TdN5Y_Zc6zGjEtGVh0QURUDTti0yVMXUiLfU$
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Érico
>
>
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