EPICS

synApps: autosave

Module Owner: APS/AOD/BCDA: Tim Mooney

This page is the home of the synApps autosave module. This module contains software to preserve PV values through an ioc reboot.
See also: Mike Zelazney's Channel Watcher

Please email any comments and bug reports to Tim Mooney, who is responsible for coordinating development and releases.

Where to find it

You can download the software from the links in the table below:

Module Version Release date EPICS Release Filename Documentation Release Notes Known Problems
R4-5 11/20/2009 3.14.10 autosave_R4-5.tar.gz autoSaveRestore_R4-5.html autosaveReleaseNotes.html None
R4-4 05/29/2008 3.14.8.2 autosave_R4-4.tar.gz autoSaveRestore_R4-4.html autosaveReleaseNotes.html None
R4-2-1 01/08/2007 3.14.8 autosave_R4-2-1.tar.gz autoSaveRestore_R4-2-1.html autosaveReleaseNotes.html None
R4-2 7/25/2006 3.14.8 autosave_R4-2.tar.gz autoSaveRestore_R4-2.html autosaveReleaseNotes.html None
R4-1-3 4/7/2006 3.14.8 autosave_R4-1-3.tar.gz autoSaveRestore_R4-1.html autosaveReleaseNotes.html None
R4-1 2/16/2005 3.14.7 autosave_R4-1.tar.gz autoSaveRestore_R4-1.html autosaveReleaseNotes_R4-1.html .sav files must have a header line. Too sensitive to errors reported in errno. Status PV's restricted to PV_NAME_LEN chars. Blank but not empty lines cause problems
R4-0 7/6/2004 3.14.6 autosave_R4-0.tar.gz autoSaveRestore_R4-0.README autosaveReleaseNotes_R4-0.html Not too smart about array PV's changing number of elements.

Kills itself if it can't find its status PV's.
R3-5 7/6/2004 3.13.9 autosave_R3-5.tar.gz autoSaveRestore_R3-5.README autosaveReleaseNotes_R3-5.html Note that this 3.13-compatible software is not in the form of a module.
R2-3 3/9/2004 3.14.5 autosave_R2-3.tar.gz autoSaveRestore_R2-3.README autosaveReleaseNotes_R2-3.html None

Required Modules

autosave version Requires module Release needed
R4-1
 nothing .
R4-0
 nothing .
R3-5
 nothing .
R2-3
 nothing .

Installation and Building

After obtaining a copy of the distribution, it must be installed and built for use at your site. These steps only need to be performed once for the site (unless versions of the module running under different releases of EPICS and/or the other required modules are needed).

  1. Unzip and untar the distribution, e.g. on Unix:
    gunzip autosave_R4-2.tar.gz
    
tar xvf autosave_R4-2.tar
    Usually this is done in an EPICS 'support' directory. It will produce the subdirectory 
    autosave_R4-2
  2. Edit the config/RELEASE file of the application that will use autosave to point to this directory.
  3. Edit autosave's configure/RELEASE file and set the paths to your installation of EPICS base.
  4. Run gnumake in the top level directory and check for any compilation errors.
  5. Please email  Tim Mooney  so that a record can be kept of which sites are using this software.

Documentation

The following documentation is available:

In Use

This software was originally developed by Bob Dalesio. It has been improved significantly over the years by the APS BCDA group, other APS-affiliated developers, and many members of the EPICS Collaboration.