There has been a continuous problem that the counter:CheckStatus function

called from the status task messed up count processing. This has now been
resolved in this way:
- A new function ReadStatus and  a lastStatus filed have been added
  to the countable interface.
- CountTaskFunc updates the lastStatus field.
- ReadStatus just returns that field.
- ReadStatus is now being called by the status task.

interface.c

@@ -101,7 +101,16 @@ pIDrivable CreateDrivableInterface(void)
   pRes->drivableStatus = HWIdle;
   return pRes;
 }
-
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static int DefaultReadStatus(void *self, SConnection *pCon)
+{
+  pICountable pCount = GetCountableInterface(self);
+  if(pCount != NULL){
+    return pCount->lastStatus;
+  } else {
+    return HWFault;
+  }
+}
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 pICountable CreateCountableInterface(void)
 {
@@ -113,6 +122,8 @@ pICountable CreateCountableInterface(void)
   }
   memset(pRes, 0, sizeof(ICountable));
   pRes->ID = COUNTID;
+  pRes->lastStatus = HWIdle;
+  pRes->ReadStatus = DefaultReadStatus;
   return pRes;
 }
 
@@ -378,6 +389,7 @@ static int CountTaskFunc(void *data)
   assert(taskData != NULL);
 
   status = taskData->pCount->CheckCountStatus(taskData->obj,taskData->pCon);
+  taskData->pCount->lastStatus = status;
   if(status == HWBusy) {
     return 1;
   } else if(status == HWNoBeam){

interface.h

@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@
    typedef struct {
                    int ID;
                    int running;
+                   int lastStatus;
                    int (*Halt)(void *self);
                    void (*SetCountParameters)(void *self, float fPreset,
                                              CounterMode eMode);
                    int (*StartCount)(void *self, SConnection *pCon);
                    int (*CheckCountStatus)(void *self, SConnection *pCon);
+                   int (*ReadStatus)(void *self, SConnection *pCon);
                    int (*Pause)(void *self, SConnection *pCon);
                    int (*Continue)(void *self, SConnection *pCon);
                    int (*TransferData)(void *self, SConnection *pCon);

make_gen

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ SOBJ =  network.o ifile.o conman.o SCinter.o splitter.o passwd.o \
        danu.o  nxdict.o varlog.o stptok.o nread.o trigd.o cell.o\
        scan.o fitcenter.o telnet.o token.o  wwildcard.o hklmot.o\
        tclev.o hkl.o integrate.o optimise.o dynstring.o nxutil.o \
-       uubuffer.o   udpquieck.o fourtable.o \
+       uubuffer.o   udpquieck.o fourtable.o hexString.o\
        rmtrail.o  help.o nxupdate.o confvirtualmot.o vector.o\
        simchop.o choco.o chadapter.o  trim.o scaldate.o tasub.o\
        xytable.o   exebuf.o exeman.o ubfour.o ubcalc.o\

status.c

@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static int CheckCountStatus(void *message, void *userData)
     for(it = TaskIteratorStart(pServ->pTasker); it != NULL; it = TaskIteratorNext(it)){
       countTask = (CountTaskData *)GetTaskData(it);
       if(countTask != NULL && countTask->id == COUNTID){
-        testStatus = countTask->pCount->CheckCountStatus(countTask->obj,pServ->dummyCon);
+        testStatus = countTask->pCount->ReadStatus(countTask->obj,pServ->dummyCon);
         if(testStatus == HWNoBeam){
           *status = eOutOfBeam;
         }