Re: Mapping customised pva structures to epics v4 Normative Types and v3 PVs (channel access).

[Ralph Lange via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

In general - if that didn't become clear enough:

Normative Types are making EPICS PVA-based solutions portable and allow generic tools (like archivers, alarm servers and GUI applications) to handle data, because they "understand" NT structures.

If you are creating your own non-standard structures, only your own applications will be able to understand and handle them correctly.

The simplification of creating your own structures comes with a cost.

Cheers,
~Ralph