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Subject: Re: pvxs Access/list problem
From: "Heinz Junkes \(FHI\) via Tech-talk" <[email protected]>
To: EPICS Tech-Talk <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:55:42 +0100
Hi,
It seems to be an RTEMS issue. I have tested it extensively on Debian and OS X.
Everything is going as expected. Sorry for the noise here.
I need to take a look at what the problem is with RTEMS.
Danke Heinz


> On 10. Nov 2025, at 21:07, Heinz Junkes via Tech-talk <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> HI,
> 
> 
>> On 10. Nov 2025, at 17:17, Michael Davidsaver <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> On 11/10/25 1:34 AM, Heinz Junkes (FHI) via Tech-talk wrote:
>>> Unfortunately, reading the PVs doesn't work either:
>>> ```
>>> (base) hactar:~ junkes$ env |grep EPICS_PVA
>>> EPICS_PVA_ADDR_LIST=141.14.128.12
>>> EPICS_PVA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST=NO
>>> (base) hactar:~ junkes$ pvget rtems:aiExample
>>> Timeout
>>> rtems:aiExample (base) hactar:~ junkes$ pvget my:custom:pv
>>> Timeout
>>> ```
>>> 
>>> Does anyone have any idea what I'm overlooking?
>> Are you able to ping the IOC (141.14.128.12) from this host (141.14.128.70)?
> 
> (base) hactar:~ junkes$ ifconfig en0
> en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> options=50b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,AV,CHANNEL_IO>
> ether 38:f9:d3:09:e8:15
> inet6 fe80::14bb:5995:e241:143e%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x4
> inet 141.14.128.70 netmask 0xfffff000 broadcast 141.14.143.255
> nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
> media: autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control>)
> status: active
> (base) hactar:~ junkes$ ping gonzo
> PING gonzo.rz-berlin.mpg.de (141.14.128.12): 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 141.14.128.12: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.264 ms
> 64 bytes from 141.14.128.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.295 ms
> 64 bytes from 141.14.128.12: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.404 ms
> ^C
> --- gonzo.rz-berlin.mpg.de ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
> round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.264/0.321/0.404/0.060 ms
> 
> 
>> Can you connect to TCP 5076?  eg. with:
>> 
>>> telnet 141.14.128.12 5075
> 
> (base) hactar:~ junkes$ telnet 141.14.128.12 5075
> Trying 141.14.128.12...
> Connected to 141.14.128.12.
> Escape character is '^]'.
> ���� anonymousca
> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Also, you might setup a PVA link on this IOC with a distinctive PV name, then use 'pvxvct' on the host to look for those search broadcasts.
> 
> 
> rrtems@rtems-dev:~/MVME6100_7/EPICS/epics-support/pvxs/bin/linux-x86_64$ ./pvxget my:custom:pv
> Timeout with 1 outstanding
> 
> leads to :
> 
> rtems@rtems-dev:~/MVME6100_7/EPICS/epics-support/pvxs/bin/linux-x86_64$ ./pvxvct -P my:custom:pv
> 2025-11-10T21:05:52.932458937 INFO pvxvct 141.14.131.228:39384 Beacon 0x0d5dc20423f82d6367a9991d 141.14.131.228:42479
> 2025-11-10T21:05:56.103177244 INFO pvxvct 141.14.128.65:36209 Searching for:
> 2025-11-10T21:05:56.103207467 INFO pvxvct   "my:custom:pv"
> 2025-11-10T21:05:56.103213055 INFO pvxvct 10.1.2.3:36209 Searching for:
> 2025-11-10T21:05:56.103215518 INFO pvxvct   "my:custom:pv"
> 2025-11-10T21:05:56.291459974 INFO pvxvct 141.14.128.65:36209 Searching for:
> 2025-11-10T21:05:56.291488184 INFO pvxvct   "my:custom:pv"
> 2025-11-10T21:05:56.291494840 INFO pvxvct 10.1.2.3:36209 Searching for:
> 2025-11-10T21:05:56.291505468 INFO pvxvct   "my:custom:pv"
> 2025-11-10T21:06:03.523642481 INFO pvxvct 141.14.136.101:44036 Beacon 0x412ce9bbb99971c4925b7f98 141.14.136.101:5075
> 2025-11-10T21:06:04.212423500 INFO pvxvct 141.14.135.248:60008 Beacon 0x3d28c96800000000332cf600 141.14.135.248:5075
> ^C2025-11-10T21:06:05.395957864 INFO pvxvct Done
> 
> Danke, Heinz
>> 
> 


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Fwd: pvxs Access/list problem Heinz Junkes (FHI) via Tech-talk
References:
pvxs Access/list problem Heinz Junkes (FHI) via Tech-talk
Re: pvxs Access/list problem Michael Davidsaver via Tech-talk
Re: pvxs Access/list problem Heinz Junkes via Tech-talk

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