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Subject: .template and .db files
From: Phil Atkin <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 17:00:23 +0000
I'm developing an areaDetector driver and IOC.  The code and folder structure is based on ADExample.

In addition to the 'standard' parameters/PVs associated with an areaDetector IOC, I need some additional parameters/PVs that are specific to my camera etc.  I also need to 'override' some of the standard definitions (due to limited data type support, no colour support etc.).

Questions:
  • To add my 'new' parameters/PVs, do I only need to create a new .template file and then do dbLoadRecords... for that file during the IOC startup sequence?  (I.e. am I correct that I do not need to change the equivalent of simDetectorApp.dbd, which is very long but doesn't seem to contain anything specific to the ADExample camera?).
  • Am I also correct that, the database aspects of the 'new' parameters/PVs are not involved in the build process?  (Conversely, the simDetectorApp.dbd analog is involved).
  • What is the difference between a .dbd file and a .template file?

Thanks,

Phil

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