John Dobbins wrote:
Is it possible to use a breakpoint table in an ai record to convert the
output of another ai record (without loss of resolution)?
I have an ai record for which device support retrieves a floating point
value from hardware and puts it directly into the VAL field.
I would like to use a breakpoint table in a second ai record to convert
the reading of the first record - which (as I understand it) would
require me to use a "Raw Soft Channel". Will a "Raw Soft Channel" ai
record, in reading a value into RVAL, convert it to an integer (with a
loss of resolution)?
Alternatives?
Thanks and regards,
John Dobbins
Lab for Elementary Particle Physics
Cornell University
Hi John,
I am using a break point table just like you describe for encoder
feedback. I have one ai record that reads the encoder value directly
from hardware and another ai record that uses the RVAL field of the
first record along with the breakpoint table to lookup its value.
Here is the Db excerpt:
record(ai,"ID$(ID):USRotaryEncoderRaw") {
field(DESC,"Upstream Rotary Encoder")
field(DTYP,"ESRF Varoc Absolute Encoder Interface")
field(INP,"#C0 S$(E1) @$(RE1),1,0")
field(PREC,"4")
field(EGU,"mm")
field(AOFF,"$(R1)")
field(ASLO,"$(RS1)")
}
record(ai,"ID$(ID):USRotaryEncoderCalc") {
field(DESC,"Upstream Rotary Encoder")
field(DTYP,"Raw Soft Channel")
field(INP,"ID$(ID):USRotaryEncoderRaw.RVAL NPP NMS")
field(LINR,"USRotary")
field(PREC,"4")
field(EGU,"mm")
}
As far as the resolution goes I think that it is a matter of the
breakpoint table resolution and the EncoderCalc records PREC field.
The breakpoint table that I use is automatically generated by a script.
The LINR field tells the record where to find the lookup data.
Below is an excerpt from my breakpoint table for this record:
breaktable(USRotary){
1968631 198.9998
1978311 175.0003
1988388 149.9998
1998457 125.0003
2008532 99.9992
Marty Smith
ANL/APS Controls Group
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