Added flag to disable reading the limits from the hardware

src/turboPmacController.cpp

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct turboPmacControllerImpl {
     int rereadEncoderPosition;
     int readConfig;
     int flushHardware;
+    int limFromHardware;
 };
 #define NUM_turboPmac_DRIVER_PARAMS 3
 
@@ -114,6 +115,17 @@ turboPmacController::turboPmacController(const char *portName,
         exit(-1);
     }
 
+    status = createParam("LIM_FROM_HARDWARE", asynParamInt32,
+                         &pTurboPmacC_->limFromHardware);
+    if (status != asynSuccess) {
+        asynPrint(this->pasynUser(), ASYN_TRACE_ERROR,
+                  "Controller \"%s\" => %s, line %d\nFATAL ERROR (creating a "
+                  "parameter failed with %s).\nTerminating IOC",
+                  portName, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
+                  stringifyAsynStatus(status));
+        exit(-1);
+    }
+
     /*
     Define the end-of-string of a message coming from the device to EPICS.
     It is not necessary to append a terminator to outgoing messages, since
@@ -506,6 +518,9 @@ int turboPmacController::rereadEncoderPosition() {
 }
 int turboPmacController::readConfig() { return pTurboPmacC_->readConfig; }
 int turboPmacController::flushHardware() { return pTurboPmacC_->flushHardware; }
+int turboPmacController::limFromHardware() {
+    return pTurboPmacC_->limFromHardware;
+}
 
 asynUser *turboPmacController::pasynInt32SyncIOipPort() {
     return pTurboPmacC_->pasynInt32SyncIOipPort;