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Subject:	Re: scalcout EPICS Record Error
From:	Varuna Crishan Meddage via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
To:	Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>, "tech-talk at aps.anl.gov" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2026 22:29:47 +0000

Hi Mark,

Below is the output.

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iocdev1$ ./startGPS.bash

/export/home1/vmeddage/EPICS_development/Create_GPS_IOC/iocTops/GPS

#!../../bin/linux-x86_64/GPS

< envPaths

epicsEnvSet("IOC","iocGPS")

epicsEnvSet("TOP","/export/home1/vmeddage/EPICS_development/Create_GPS_IOC/iocTops/GPS")

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_BASE","/usr/local/epics/base")

epicsEnvSet("SUPPORT","/usr/local/epics/Support")

epicsEnvSet("SNCSEQ","/usr/local/epics/Support/seq")

epicsEnvSet("ASYN","/usr/local/epics/Support/asyn")

epicsEnvSet("IPAC","/usr/local/epics/Support/ipac")

epicsEnvSet("CALC","/usr/local/epics/Support/calc")

epicsEnvSet("STD","/usr/local/epics/Support/std")

epicsEnvSet("SSCAN","/usr/local/epics/Support/sscan")

epicsEnvSet("STREAM","/usr/local/epics/Support/StreamDevice")

epicsEnvSet("BUSY","/usr/local/epics/Support/busy")

epicsEnvSet("IOCSTATS","/usr/local/epics/Support/iocStats")

epicsEnvSet("LINSTAT","/usr/local/epics/Support/linStat")

epicsEnvSet("LUA","/usr/local/epics/Support/lua")

epicsEnvSet("PCRE","/usr/local/epics/Support/pcre")

epicsEnvSet("SNMP","/usr/local/epics/Support/snmp")

epicsEnvSet("ACNETPV","/usr/local/epics/Support/acnetPV")

epicsEnvSet("ALIVE","/usr/local/epics/Support/alive")

epicsEnvSet("TCAST","/usr/local/epics/Support/tcast")

epicsEnvSet("RECASTER","/usr/local/epics/Support/RecCaster")

epicsEnvSet("AUTOSAVE","/usr/local/epics/Support/autosave")

epicsEnvSet("PUTLOG","/usr/local/epics/Support/caPutLog")

cd "/export/home1/vmeddage/EPICS_development/Create_GPS_IOC/iocTops/GPS"

## NTP Time Synchronisation

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_TS_NTP_INET","131.225.121.105")

## Do OS-specific startup here

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_HOST_ARCH","linux-x86_64")

epicsEnvSet("ENGINEER","vmeddage")

epicsEnvSet("LOCATION","BTE-106")

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_IOC_OWNER","vmeddage")

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_IOC_GROUP","FE_group")

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_IOC_LOCATION","BTE-106")

epicsEnvSet("IOCDIR","GPS")

epicsEnvSet("MIBDIRS","+/export/home1/vmeddage/EPICS_development/Create_GPS_IOC/iocTops/GPS/mibs")

## Register all support components

dbLoadDatabase("/export/home1/vmeddage/EPICS_development/Create_GPS_IOC/iocTops/GPS/dbd/GPS.dbd",0,0)

GPS_registerRecordDeviceDriver(pdbbase)

INFO: PVXS QSRV2 is loaded, permitted, and ENABLED.

dbRegisterServer: Ignoring 'rsrv', per environment

## SNMP specifics

devSnmpSetSnmpVersion(10.200.34.12,SNMP_VERSION_2C)

devSnmpSetParam("DebugLevel",2)

devSnmp: debug level level is now 2

devSnmp set DebugLevel to 2 (was 0)

devSnmpSetParam("SessionTimeout", "1000000")

devSnmp set SessionTimeout to 1000000 (was 10000000)

## Load record instances

#dbLoadRecords("${EPICS_IOCTOPS}/${IOCDIR}/db/GPSalive.db")

#dbLoadRecords("${EPICS_IOCTOPS}/${IOCDIR}/db/GPSwatcher.db")

#dbLoadRecords("${EPICS_IOCTOPS}/${IOCDIR}/db/GPSiocAdminSoft.db")

#dbLoadRecords("${EPICS_IOCTOPS}/${IOCDIR}/db/GPSAcnetDevice.db")

#dbLoadRecords("${EPICS_IOCTOPS}/${IOCDIR}/db/GPSExtra.db")

#dbLoadRecords("${EPICS_IOCTOPS}/${IOCDIR}/db/GPStcast.db")

#dbLoadRecords("${EPICS_IOCTOPS}/${IOCDIR}/db/GPSRecCaster.db")

dbLoadRecords("/export/home1/vmeddage/EPICS_development/Create_GPS_IOC/iocTops/GPS/db/gps_novus.db")

#dbLoadRecords("${EPICS_IOCTOPS}/${IOCDIR}/db/test.db")

## Put logging and access security

epicsEnvSet("EPICS_CA_JSON_PUT_LOG_ADDR","/home/epics/epicsDEV/PutLog/test.json")

asSetFilename("/export/home1/vmeddage/EPICS_development/Create_GPS_IOC/iocTops/GPS/iocBoot/iocGPS/ioc.acf")

iocInit()

Starting iocInit

############################################################################

## EPICS R7.0.9

## Rev. R7.0.9-dirty

## Rev. Date Git: 2025-02-21 17:31:33 -0600

############################################################################

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel1Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel2Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel3Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel4Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel5Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel6Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel7Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel8Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel9Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel10Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel11Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel12Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel13Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel14Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel15Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel16Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel17Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel18Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel19Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel20Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel21Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel22Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel23Vrms

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel24Vrms

iocRun: All initialization complete

caPutJsonLogInit localhost:7011

## Create as many matching Acnet devices as needed and uncomment

#createAcnetDeviceRecord Z:GPSGPS

dbpf PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV1 linux-x86_64

PV 'PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV1' not found

dbpf PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV2 7.0.9

PV 'PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV2' not found

dbpf PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV3 /usr/local/epics/base

PV 'PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV3' not found

log client: failed to connect to server '127.0.0.1:7011' because 'Connection refused'

dbpf PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV4 /usr/local/epics/Support

PV 'PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV4' not found

dbpf PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV5 vmeddage

PV 'PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV5' not found

dbpf PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV6 BTE-106

PV 'PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV6' not found

dbpf PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV7 "Front Ends"

PV 'PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:alive.EV7' not found

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel1Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel2Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel3Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel4Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel5Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel6Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel7Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel8Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel9Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel10Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel11Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel12Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel13Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel14Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel15Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel16Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel17Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel18Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel19Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel20Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel21Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel22Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel23Vrms DSET write does not exist

PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel24Vrms DSET write does not exist

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From: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2026 5:18 PM
To: Varuna Crishan Meddage <vmeddage at fnal.gov>; tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: scalcout EPICS Record Error

[EXTERNAL] – This message is from an external sender

I have never seen an error like:

recGblRecordError: scalcout:init_record Error (514,3) PV: PIP2:TIME_CTRL_GPS:calc_nsChannel1Vrms

I don't know what the (514,3) means.

It seems like it could be a problem with missing device support or something.

Can you send the complete output when the IOC boots.

Mark

From: Varuna Crishan Meddage <vmeddage at fnal.gov>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2026 5:00 PM
To: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>; tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: Re: scalcout EPICS Record Error

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the suggestion,

I implemented what you have suggested as follows.

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record(stringin, "$(acc):$(sys)_$(group):nsChannel$(channel_id)Vrms")

{

field(SCAN, "10 second")

field(DTYP, "Snmp")

field(INP, "@$(HOST) $(COMMUNITY) $(W)::nsChannel$(channel_id)Vrms.0 STRING: 100")

field(DESC, "Channel $(channel_id) Vrms")

field(FLNK, "$(acc):$(sys)_$(group):calc_nsChannel$(channel_id)Vrms")

}

record(scalcout, "$(acc):$(sys)_$(group):calc_nsChannel$(channel_id)Vrms")

{

field(INAA, "$(acc):$(sys)_$(group):nsChannel$(channel_id)Vrms")

field(CALC, "LEN(AA)==0?0:DBL(AA)")

field(PREC, "2")

field(EGU, "V")

field(DESC, "Channel $(channel_id) Vrms")

}

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But still get the following error messages in runtime.

================================= ERROR =====================