Implemented a feature which allows for an additional field for having a text message

with a motor axis. To this purpose a new derived class SINQAxis and SINQController were
added which other drivers using this feature can derive from. The proof of concept and
test platform is the EL734 driver.

sinqEPICSApp/src/SINQAxis.h

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+/*
+  This is a version of the motor axis record which adds code for having an 
+  text field with an error message to go with the motor. The code is 
+  courtesey Torsten Boergershausen from ESS and from the axisRecord. 
+
+  Mark Koennecke, March 2017
+*/
+#ifndef __SINQDRIVER
+#define __SINQDRIVER
+#include "asynMotorAxis.h"
+
+class epicsShareClass SINQAxis : public asynMotorAxis 
+{
+ public:
+  SINQAxis(class SINQController *pC_, int axis);
+  asynStatus setStringParam(int function, const char *value);
+
+  friend class SINQController;
+ protected:
+  void updateMsgTxtFromDriver(const char *value);
+ private:
+  SINQController *pC_;
+
+};
+
+
+
+#endif
+