The following changes were made:

1) PvaClientChannel::channelCreated no longer declares channel connected.
   PvaClientChannel::channelStateChange does this.
2) PvaClientNTMultiData::endDeltaTime no longer calls unionValue[i] = PVUnionPtr()

src/pvaClientChannel.cpp

@@ -182,10 +182,6 @@ void PvaClientChannel::channelCreated(const Status& status, Channel::shared_poin
             + " status " +  status.getMessage() + " why??";
         throw std::runtime_error(message);
     }
-    if(channel->isConnected()) {
-        connectState = connected;
-        waitForConnect.signal();
-    }
 }
 
 void PvaClientChannel::channelStateChange(

src/pvaClientNTMultiData.cpp

@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ void PvaClientNTMultiData::endDeltaTime(bool valueOnly)
                 PVFieldPtr pvValue = pvst->getSubField("value");
                 if(pvValue) {
                     unionValue[i]->set(pvst->getSubField("value"));
-                } else {
-                    unionValue[i] = PVUnionPtr();
                 }
             } else {
                 unionValue[i]->set(pvst);