Re: Indicating IOC Console Message Activity

[Peter Milne via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

+1  for nice idea!

Rather than mess with iocShell, it might be easier to hack procServ itself. Or maybe not even necessary to change any code - for example one could nail up an Asyn Stream Device connection to the procServ log socket, then simply count every line with a regex. Taking care that the new link doesn't itself add to the chatter to avoid a positive message feedback.

On Tue, 14 Oct 2025 at 11:40, Ralph Lange via Tech-talk <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov> wrote:

Nice idea!

If the iocShell or the libcom log context stepped up an (atomic) line counter, a simplistic longin support would show it, and database plumbing (calc record) could create the flickering "activity" bit.

I'm interested...

~Ralph

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