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Subject: Re: Reset integral pv and store it
From: "Kasemir, Kay" <[email protected]>
To: Andrew Johnson <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:06:56 +0000
Hi:

> On Mar 31, 2017, at 11:53 AM, Andrew Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:
> It may be easier to do the time manipulation in C code, but it should be
> possible to do it purely in the database. An ai record with its DTYP
> field set to "Soft Timestamp" returns the number of seconds +
> nanoseconds since the EPICS epoch whenever it gets processed. A calcout
> record would also be a good idea following this, since it can
> conditionally process its output link based on a separate expression.
> 
> Alternatively you could create a scan thread with a 24-hour scan period,
> although you won't them get to to control when in the day it will
> actually process (it will be every 24 hours from the time when the IOC
> was started). To do this just copy the file menuScan.dbd from base/dbd
> into your IOC's *App/src directory and add a new entry at the top of the
> list of periodic scans with the appropriate period in the choice scrint.
> If you're using Base-3.15 that's slightly easier than with 3.14 since
> your string can be just "24 hours"; in 3.14 the number must be expressed
> in seconds.

Periodic processing like every N hours is certainly possible with the database.
But I’m not sure how to use that to process based on the local time, like “06:00” for start of shift, or "23:59:59" for an end-of-day summary.
That’s similar to 24h processing, except it’s 23h resp. 25h for daylight savings time transitions, and you want the period to be in phase with the wall clock.
A subroutine record that returns seconds since midnight, local time, can be used for that, but not one that returns seconds since the EPICS epoch.

-Kay

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Re: Reset integral pv and store it Kasemir, Kay
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