Experimental Physics and
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Benjamin Franksen <[email protected]> · Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:45:19 +0100

On 13.02.2017 23:53, Andrew Johnson wrote:
> [...] Consider rewriting the state machine and
> using a separate when(delay(5)) state transition for the delay instead.
> 
> I think doing this will also have an effect on your results; I don't
> know the internals of the sequencer, but I suspect it flushes the CA
> output queue at the end of each set of actions, not between individual
> action statements.

Yes. More specifically, CA output buffer always gets flushed right
before a state set thread blocks in order to wait for an event, i.e.

 * before when-conditions in a state are evaluated, and

 * whenever pvGet or pvPut are called with the extra SYNC flag that
   makes them wait for completion.

> Your epicsThreadSleep() call appears in the middle of
> the set of actions though, so a flush at the end of the when() {} block
> won't have a chance to run until after the second pvPut() call has run
> anyway, thus causing the effect that you're seeing.

Yes, I also guess this is the reason for the behaviour Tobin sees.

Cheers
Ben
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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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