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Subject: Re: PV aliases
From: Ned Arnold <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] (Lecorche Eric)
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 08:59:14 -0500
Eric -

One can use the PV Gateway application for this. The configuration file allows for defining a PV name on the server side (the alias) which corresponds to a different PV on the client side (the real one). It is possible for the server side and the client side to be the same subnet, providing a "PV Alias Server". Magically, all monitors to all fields of a record work as expected. We have used this in operations while transitioning from one naming convention to another.

We are also considering building this capability into IOC core ... sometime.

Ned



On Oct 8, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Lecorche Eric wrote:

Hi,

We are currently wondering about the ability of having PV aliases to help to keep naming coherence as seen from operators even though developments have been done by different people with different views, software internals, concepts or architecture etc ...

I looked within the tech-talk that some years ago, there were some discussions concerning this point. What is the current status now ? Is it possible to specify aliases to existing PVs ?

If so, how can this be achieved ? If not, are there some workarounds ?

Eric Lécorché
<lecorche.vcf>



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