Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Korhonen Timo <[email protected]> · Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:19:24 +0200

Hello Peter,
Denison, PN (Peter) wrote:

I was searching for drvTS yesterday, and couldn't find it for versions
of base after 3.14.8
I know that it was removed from base, and I found this section of the
release notes:
"These are removed from EPICS base. The version that previously came
with base was the version that worked with the APS event system. It is
available from APS. The version that works with the newer event systems
that evolved from the APS system is available from the Swiss Light
Source."
As we are using the "newer event systems", I guess we'll need the SLS

version. Can anyone help me get hold of it - Timo?

If you _really_ want it, we can give you 'our' version of drvTS. However,

if you are using 3.14., I would recommend moving to GeneralTime. We have

a GeneralTime time driver for the MicroResearch EVR/EVG( although it may

need some minor modifications for the 200-series EVRs.).

We have no intentions to support drvTS further. GeneralTime is a big
improvement

over drvTS.
I assume that this is orthogonal to generalTime, and I'll still need a
version of drvTS to support the MicroResearch EVR, even if I were to get
hold of generalTime (which I have managed to find a link for)? We have
the drivers for the EVR, but they don't compile against base-3.14.8
because drvTS is missing.

I would like to state it once again:

the drvTS will not be supported anymore and will be replaced by General
Time.

(as discussed in the last EPICS meeting. It took us a while to
implement the replacement

but at least a first version exists since a few months.)
There are still a few issues to be sorted out, but we have tested the
GeneralTime (event)

driver extensively.
We have sent our GeneralTime package (GT base + our eventTime driver) to
Andrew

and a few other people for them to take a look at it and to do the
necessary preparations

for integrating it. We can of course send you the same package, and try
to help you

to get started. There will also be a talk in the Epics meeting in
Hamburg (by Babak)

and Babak will be there for detail discussions.
I do not immediately remember what the dependency between the EVR
drivers and drvTS

is, but Babak could probably tell it right away. Let us take a look at
it (however, this week there

is a SLS shutdown and people are pretty busy with maintenance and
testing new stuff.)
best regards,
Timo
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Timo Korhonen PSI (Paul Scherrer Institut, http://www.psi.ch)
CH-5232 Villigen PSI
tel + 41- 56 3103262 fax + 41 - 56 310 3383
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