Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

I have a sub record that does something like this but tha actual string
comes from a file that the IOC reads in during boot.
It is easier to just give an example rather than explaining, here is the
code and databse records. Hope that this helps.

Database Records:
record(mbbi,"ID$(ID):DeviceSelect") {
        field(DESC,"No of the Device ")
        field(PINI,"YES")
        field(INP,"$(DS)")
        field(ZRVL,"0")
        field(ONVL,"1")
        field(ZRST,"First")
        field(ONST,"Second")
}
record(sub,"ID$(ID):DeviceName") {
        field(DESC,"Device Identifier")
        field(PINI,"YES")
        field(INAM,"initSubDevName")
        field(SNAM,"subDeviceName")
        field(INPA,"ID$(ID):DeviceSelect.VAL PP NMS")
        field(INPB,"ID$(ID):Device.PROC PP NMS")
}
record(stringin,"ID$(ID):Device") {
        field(DESC,"Device Identifier String")
}
-------------------------------------------
Subroutine Code:
struct  subDNamePvt {
    struct stringinRecord  *psi;
    char  device[40];
};
-------------------------------------------
#define  DEVICENAME     psub->inpb
long  initSubDevName(psub)
struct subRecord  *psub;
{
    char  *xname="initSubDevName";
    struct subDNamePvt   *p;
    struct  dbAddr  *pdbAddr;
    long  status;

    psub->c = idInfo[id].periodLength;
    psub->d = idInfo[id].minimumGap;
    psub->e = idInfo[id].hardStops;

    strcpy(p->psi->val, p->device);
    dbPutLink(&DEVICENAME,DBR_SHORT,1,1);
    printf("For Device Number %d\n", id);
    printf("     Data read from file %s\n",idInfo[id].dataFile);
    printf("     Device Name is : %s\n", p->psi->val);
    printf("     Period is %.2f cm\n",  psub->c);
    printf("     Mimimum Gap is %.2f mm\n",psub->d);
    printf("     Hard stops is %.2f mm\n",psub->e);

    return(0);
}

Hi- how can I get strings in & out of subroutine records?

It appears that the sub record tries to convert all its inputs to "double" before calling the user function, and complains if it fails. All I want is to read/write actual strings from inside the function.

thanks, Mike
SLAC

References:

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