Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Hi Robert,

I don't know all the ways an archiver config file has to be useable, but you might be able to use msi (http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/extensions/msi/index.php) to generate an application-specific config file whenever one is needed.

Tim

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Capobianco Roberto" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2013 10:51:06 AM
> Subject: archiver tools macro support
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have created, as template, a simple application to check some
> signals
> in a cubicle (doors, fans, power, temperature etc.)
> Using macro substitution, I have created several identical
> applications,
> one for each cubicle to control.
> Now I want to enable persistance and archiving on some PVs (I would
> like
> to do this in the template not by hand in the applications).
> And this is the problem: persistance supports macro substitution but
> what about archiver config tools and/or file ?
> 
> 
> Just to clarify what I mean, these are examples record from the
> template:
> 
> record (bi,"$(CUBICLE_NAME):FAN")
> {
>      field(DTYP, "s7nodave")
>      field(INP, "@CUBICLEM F1.2 bool")
>      field(PINI, "YES")
>      field(SCAN, "I/O Intr")
>      field(ZNAM, "Fan OFF")
>      field(ONAM, "Fan ON")
> }
> 
> record (ao,"$(CUBICLE_NAME):WARNING_THRS_W")
> {
>      field(DTYP, "s7nodave")
>      field(OUT, "@CUBICLEM DB1.DBD14 int32")
>      field(LINR, "LINEAR")
>      field(EGUF, "214748364.7")
>      field(EGUL, "-214748364.8")
>      field(EGU, "°C")
>      field(HOPR, "35")
>      field(LOPR, "20")
> }
> 
> For the persistance I have something like this
> 
> $(CUBICLE_NAME):WARNING_THRS_W.VAL in my _IOC_.req file
> and
> create_monitor_set("_IOC_.req", 5, "CUBICLE_NAME=$(CUBICLE_NAME)") in
> my
> st.cmd
> 
> Can I create something like this for the _IOC_.xml archiver config
> file ?
> 
> <group >
> <name >$(CUBICLE_NAME)</name>
> 
> <channel >
> <name >$(CUBICLE_NAME):FAN</name>
> <monitor ></monitor>
> </channel>
> </group>
> 
> Or I have to look at other solutions ?
> 
> Thanks. Robert
> 
> 

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