Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

David Dudley <[email protected]> · Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:06:06 -0500

Now that's what I like.  Something so simple and straightforward that even I
can follow it.

So....
The big format in the bpt*.data files, as specified in section 6.17 isn't
required?  And I don't have to run the 'makeBpt' command and the stuff
that's listed in that section?

(Just trying to get this down to it's simplest and most straightforward
form...)

David

On 12/16/10 9:14 PM, "Allison, Stephanie" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> (1) Copy menuConvert.dbd from base/dbd to the app's src directory.
> 
> (2) In the src directory, create a breakpoint table file <bpname>.dbd.  Look
> at base/dbd/bpt*.dbd for the proper format.
> 
> (3) In your src/menuConvert.dbd, add a line for your new breakpoint table,
> using the breaktable name from the first line of <bpname>.dbd.   Look at the
> existing breakpoint table entries in menuConvert.dbd for the proper format.
> 
> (4a) If the breakpoint table is monotonic or epics base is < 3.14.9, add
> <bpname>.dbd to the app's dbd build in Makefile:
> 
> <appname>_DBD += <bpname>.dbd
> 
> (4b) If the breakpoint table is non-monotonic and epics base > 3.14.8, install
> <bpname>.dbd by itself in Makefile:
> 
> DBD += <bpname>.dbd
> 
> (5) Clean/build src.
> 
> (6) Use the breaktable name in the record's LINR field.
> 
> (7) If the breakpoint table is non-monotonic and epics base > 3.14.8, change
> st.cmd to set the non-monotonic flag and load the breakpoint table:
> 
> dbBptNotMonotonic=1  (rtems)
> or
> var dbBptNotMonotonic 1 (soft)
> dbLoadRecords("dbd/<bpname>.dbd")
> 
> Stephanie Allison
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf
>> Of David Dudley
>> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 1:59 PM
>> To: EPICS tech-talk
>> Subject: Breakpoint Tables
>> 
>> I have 4 instruments that read differential pressure across V-Cone
>> flowmeters.  The
>> manufacturer supplied us with a 10-point calibration, which covers the
>> desired engineering
>> range.  These devices are not linear, and I think the right way to handle
>> them is going to be
>> to generate a breakpoint table for each (all 4 are sized differently).
>> 
>> I'm looking through the app guide, section 6.17.  Is this the accepted method
>> to generate a
>> breakpoint table?  Since epics was installed through a package, I don't have
>> the
>> "menuConvert.dbd" file, so I'll have to download a source archive for that.
>> Now, it says to
>> copy the menuConvert.dbd file, but it doesn't tell me where to put it.  In
>> the source
>> directory of the IOC application?
>> Section 6.13 refers to a 'breaktable' command.  Is that an easier way to do
>> this?
>> 
>> How about a simple step-by-step description of how to generate a breakpoint
>> table?
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> --
>> "... The Crossbow Project. There's No Defense Like a Good Offense. " - Real
>> Genius (1985)
>> 
>> Don't think it exists?  Google the Air Force X-37B project.
> 

David

-- 
"... The Crossbow Project. There's No Defense Like a Good Offense. " - Real
Genius (1985)

Don't think it exists?  Google the Air Force X-37B project.

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System