#************************************************************************* # Copyright (c) 2007 UChicago Argonne LLC, as Operator of Argonne # National Laboratory. # Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as # Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory. # EPICS BASE is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found # in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution. #************************************************************************* =head2 Operator Display Parameters The B field contains the record name which must be unique within an EPICS Channel Access name space. The name is supplied by the application developer and is the means of identifying a specific record. The name has a maximum length of 60 characters and should use only this limited set of characters: a-z A-Z 0-9 _ - : [ ] < > ; The B field may be set to provide a meaningful description of the record's purpose. Maximum length is 40 characters. =fields NAME, DESC =cut %#include "epicsTypes.h" %#include "link.h" field(NAME,DBF_STRING) { prompt("Record Name") special(SPC_NOMOD) size(61) } field(DESC,DBF_STRING) { prompt("Descriptor") promptgroup("10 - Common") size(41) } field(ASG,DBF_STRING) { prompt("Access Security Group") promptgroup("10 - Common") special(SPC_AS) size(29) } =head2 Scan Fields These fields contain information related to how and when a record processes. A few records have unique fields that also affect how they process. These fields, if any, will be listed and explained in the section for each record. The B field specifies the scanning period for periodic record scans or the scan type for non-periodic record scans. The default set of values for SCAN can be found in L. The choices provided by this menu are: =over =item * C for the record scan to be triggered by other records or Channel Access =item * C for event-driven scan =item * C for interrupt-driven scan =item * A set of periodic scan intervals =back Additional periodic scan rates may be defined for individual IOCs by making a local copy of menuScan.dbd and adding more choices as required. Periodic scan rates should normally be defined in order following the other scan types, with the longest periods appearing first. Scan periods can be specified with a unit string of C/C, C/C, C/C or C/C. Seconds are used if no unit is included in the choice string. For example these rates are all valid: 1 hour 0.5 hours 15 minutes 3 seconds 1 second 2 Hertz The B field specifies record processing at initialization. It can have the values NO, YES, RUN, RUNNING, PAUSE, and PAUSED. If it is set to YES during database configuration, the record is processed once at IOC initialization (before the normal scan tasks are started). For the other values see L for more details. The B field orders the records processed within a specific SCAN group or PINI processing phase. All records of a specified phase are processed before those with higher phase number. It is generally better practice to use linked passive records to enforce the order of processing rather than a phase number. If the PINI field is set to NO, the PHAS field is not meaningful for passive records. The B field specifies an event name or number. This event identifier is used if the SCAN field is set to C. All records with scan type C and the same EVNT value will be processed when that event is signalled by other software running in the IOC, either by calling C for numeric events, or by calling C with an event handle previously looked up using C for named events. The B field specifies the scheduling priority for processing records with SCAN=C and asynchronous record completion tasks. The B field specifies a "disable value". Record processing cannot begin when the value of this field is equal to the value of the DISA field, meaning the record is disabled. Note that field values of a record can be changed by database or Channel Access puts, even if the record is disabled. The B field contains the value that is compared with DISV to determine if the record is disabled. A value is obtained for the DISA field from the B link field before the IOC tries to process the record. If SDIS is not set, DISA may be set by some other method to enable and disable the record. The B field defines the record's "disable severity". If this field is not NO_ALARM and the record is disabled, the record will be put into alarm with this severity and a status of DISABLE_ALARM. If the B field of a record is written to, the record is processed. The B field contains the lock set to which this record belongs. All records linked in any way via input, output, or forward database links belong to the same lock set. Lock sets are determined at IOC initialization time, and are updated whenever a database link is added, removed or altered. The B field counts the number of times dbProcess finds the record active during successive scans, i.e. PACT is TRUE. If dbProcess finds the record active MAX_LOCK times (currently set to 10) it raises a SCAN_ALARM. The B field is TRUE while the record is active (being processed). For asynchronous records PACT can be TRUE from the time record processing is started until the asynchronous completion occurs. As long as PACT is TRUE, dbProcess will not call the record processing routine. See Application Developers Guide for details on usage of PACT. The B field is a link pointing to another record (the "target" record). Processing a record with the FLNK field set will trigger processing of the target record towards the end of processing the first record (but before PACT is cleared), provided the target record's SCAN field is set to C. If the FLNK field is a Channel Access link it must point to the PROC field of the target record. The B field is for internal use by the scanning system. =fields SCAN, PINI, PHAS, EVNT, PRIO, DISV, DISA, SDIS, PROC, DISS, LCNT, PACT, FLNK, SPVT =cut field(SCAN,DBF_MENU) { prompt("Scan Mechanism") promptgroup("20 - Scan") special(SPC_SCAN) interest(1) menu(menuScan) } field(PINI,DBF_MENU) { prompt("Process at iocInit") promptgroup("20 - Scan") interest(1) menu(menuPini) } field(PHAS,DBF_SHORT) { prompt("Scan Phase") promptgroup("20 - Scan") special(SPC_SCAN) interest(1) } field(EVNT,DBF_STRING) { prompt("Event Name") promptgroup("20 - Scan") special(SPC_SCAN) size(40) interest(1) } field(TSE,DBF_SHORT) { prompt("Time Stamp Event") promptgroup("20 - Scan") interest(1) } field(TSEL,DBF_INLINK) { prompt("Time Stamp Link") promptgroup("20 - Scan") interest(1) } field(DTYP,DBF_DEVICE) { prompt("Device Type") promptgroup("10 - Common") interest(1) } field(DISV,DBF_SHORT) { prompt("Disable Value") promptgroup("20 - Scan") initial("1") } field(DISA,DBF_SHORT) { prompt("Disable") } field(SDIS,DBF_INLINK) { prompt("Scanning Disable") promptgroup("20 - Scan") interest(1) } %#include "epicsMutex.h" field(MLOK,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("Monitor lock") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("epicsMutexId mlok") } %#include "ellLib.h" field(MLIS,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("Monitor List") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("ELLLIST mlis") } field(BKLNK,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("Backwards link tracking") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("ELLLIST bklnk") } field(DISP,DBF_UCHAR) { prompt("Disable putField") promptgroup("10 - Common") interest(1) } field(PROC,DBF_UCHAR) { prompt("Force Processing") asl(ASL0) pp(TRUE) interest(3) } =head2 Alarm Fields Alarm fields indicate the status and severity of record alarms, or determine how and when alarms are triggered. Of course, many records have alarm-related fields not common to all records. Those fields are listed and explained in the appropriate section on each record. The B field contains the current alarm status. The B field contains the current alarm severity. The B string field may contain more detailed information about the alarm. The STAT, SEVR and AMSG fields hold alarm information as seen outside of the database. The B, B and B fields are used during record processing by the database access, record support, and device support routines to set new alarm status and severity values and message text. Whenever any software component discovers an alarm condition, it calls one of these routines to register the alarm: recGblSetSevr(precord, new_status, new_severity); recGblSetSevrMsg(precord, new_status, new_severity, "Message", ...); These check the current alarm severity and update the NSTA, NSEV and NAMSG fields if appropriate so they always relate to the highest severity alarm seen so far during record processing. The file alarm.h defines the allowed alarm status and severity values. Towards the end of record processing these fields are copied into the STAT, SEVR and AMSG fields and alarm monitors triggered. The B field contains the highest unacknowledged alarm severity. The B field specifies whether it is necessary to acknowledge transient alarms. The B indicates if the record's value is BnBeBined. Typically this is caused by a failure in device support, the fact that the record has never been processed, or that the VAL field currently contains a NaN (not a number) or Inf (Infinite) value. UDF defaults to TRUE but can be set in a database file. Record and device support routines which write to the VAL field are generally responsible for setting and clearing UDF. The B field specifies the alarm severity that the record will be set to whenever its value is undefined (i.e., the UDF field is 1). This includes the initial severity of the record being undefined after the IOC boots. =fields STAT, SEVR, AMSG, NSTA, NSEV, NAMSG, ACKS, ACKT, UDF, UDFS =cut field(STAT,DBF_MENU) { prompt("Alarm Status") special(SPC_NOMOD) menu(menuAlarmStat) initial("UDF") } field(SEVR,DBF_MENU) { prompt("Alarm Severity") special(SPC_NOMOD) menu(menuAlarmSevr) } field(AMSG,DBF_STRING) { prompt("Alarm Message") special(SPC_NOMOD) size(40) } field(NSTA,DBF_MENU) { prompt("New Alarm Status") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(2) menu(menuAlarmStat) } field(NSEV,DBF_MENU) { prompt("New Alarm Severity") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(2) menu(menuAlarmSevr) } field(NAMSG,DBF_STRING) { prompt("New Alarm Message") special(SPC_NOMOD) size(40) } field(ACKS,DBF_MENU) { prompt("Alarm Ack Severity") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(2) menu(menuAlarmSevr) } field(ACKT,DBF_MENU) { prompt("Alarm Ack Transient") promptgroup("70 - Alarm") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(2) menu(menuYesNo) initial("YES") } field(DISS,DBF_MENU) { prompt("Disable Alarm Sevrty") promptgroup("70 - Alarm") interest(1) menu(menuAlarmSevr) } field(LCNT,DBF_UCHAR) { prompt("Lock Count") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(2) } field(PACT,DBF_UCHAR) { prompt("Record active") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(1) } field(PUTF,DBF_UCHAR) { prompt("dbPutField process") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(1) } field(RPRO,DBF_UCHAR) { prompt("Reprocess ") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(1) } field(ASP,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("Access Security Pvt") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("struct asgMember *asp") } field(PPN,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("pprocessNotify") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("struct processNotify *ppn") } field(PPNR,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("pprocessNotifyRecord") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("struct processNotifyRecord *ppnr") } field(SPVT,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("Scan Private") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("struct scan_element *spvt") } =head2 Device Fields The B field contains the address of the Record Support Entry Table. See the Application Developers Guide for details on usage. The B field contains the address of Device Support Entry Table. The value of this field is determined at IOC initialization time. Record support routines use this field to locate their device support routines. The B field is is for private use of the device support modules. =fields RSET, DSET, DPVT =cut field(RSET,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("Address of RSET") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("struct typed_rset *rset") } %#include "devSup.h" field(DSET,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("DSET address") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("unambiguous_dset *dset") } field(DPVT,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("Device Private") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("void *dpvt") } field(RDES,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("Address of dbRecordType") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("struct dbRecordType *rdes") } field(LSET,DBF_NOACCESS) { prompt("Lock Set") special(SPC_NOMOD) interest(4) extra("struct lockRecord *lset") } field(PRIO,DBF_MENU) { prompt("Scheduling Priority") promptgroup("20 - Scan") special(SPC_SCAN) interest(1) menu(menuPriority) } =head2 Debugging Fields The B field can be used to trace record processing. When this field is non-zero and the record is processed, a trace message will be be printed for this record and any other record in the same lock-set that is triggered by a database link from this record. The trace message includes the name of the thread doing the processing, and the name of the record being processed. The B field indicates if there is a breakpoint set at this record. This supports setting a debug breakpoint in the record processing. STEP through database processing can be supported using this. =fields TPRO, BKPT =head2 Miscellaneous Fields The B string field sets the name of the access security group used for this record. If left empty, the record is placed in group C. The B field is private for use by the access security system. The B field can be set to a non-zero value to reject puts from outside of the IOC (i.e. via Channel Access or PV Access) to any field of the record other than to the DISP field itself. Field changes and record processing can still be instigated from inside the IOC using DB links and the IOC scan mechanisms. The B field specifies the device type for the record. Most record types have their own set of device types which are specified in the IOC's database definition file. If a record type does not call any device support routines, the DTYP and DSET fields are not used. The B field contains a mutex which is locked by the monitor routines in dbEvent.c whenever the monitor list for this record is accessed. The B field holds a linked list of client monitors connected to this record. Each record support module is responsible for triggering monitors for any fields that change as a result of record processing. The B field contains the address of a putNotify callback. The B field contains the next record for PutNotify. The B field is set to TRUE if dbPutField caused the current record processing. The B field contains the address of dbRecordType The B field specifies a reprocessing of the record when current processing completes. The B