Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Agree

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Lange [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:27 AM
> To: Jeff Hill
> Cc: 'EPICS core-talk'
> Subject: Re: DA property hierarchy for interfacing to the DBR_XXXX
> types
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> I afraid your definition
> 
> //     alarm
> //       major
> //         upper
> //         lower
> //       minor
> //         upper
> //         lower
> 
> 
> will be misleading users to the interpretation that it defines a range
> for major and minor severity with a lower and upper limit each. I think
> the inverted hierarchy (as shown on the Wiki page)
> 
> //     alarm
> //       lower
> //         minor
> //         major
> //       upper
> //         minor
> //         major
> 
> 
> maps better to the common use and understanding ("there's a set of
> lower
> limits") and is clear without ambiguity.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ralph

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DA property hierarchy for interfacing to the DBR_XXXX types Jeff Hill

Re: DA property hierarchy for interfacing to the DBR_XXXX types Ralph Lange

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