Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1: Introduction

1. Overview

This manual describes all supported EPICS record types. The first chapter gives the introduction and describes the field summary table. The second chapter describes the fields in database common, i.e. the fields that are present in every record type. The third chapter describes the input and output field that are common to many record types and have the same usage wherever they are used. Following the third chapter is a separate chapter for each record type containing a description of all the fields for that record type except those in database common.

2. Field Summary Table

Each chapter contains a field summary table of the form:

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Field  Type  DCT  Initial  Access  Modify  Rec Proc  PP  
                                           Monitor       
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The meaning of each component of the summary table is as follows:

Field: The field name
Type: The database field type, i.e. DBF_<type>
DCT: Is this field definable via the database configuration tool?
Initial: Initial value when record is created
Access: Is this field accessible via database access?
Modify: Can this field be modified via database access?
Rec Proc Monitor: Does the record processing routine trigger monitors by a call to db_post_event when this field changes value?
PP: Process passive? Will dbPutField call dbProcessPassive when this field is processed?

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