- Fixed a bug fix with Fixed motor in TAS code

- Made AMOR write HDF-5 data in chunks
- Added  driver for a PSI-DSP magnet controller as used at SLS
- Added code for directly accessing RS232 controllers connected to a
  terminal server, thereby bypassing the SerPortServer
- A rounding problem in the PSD histogram memory was resolved.

doc/manager/hwini.htm

@@ -213,10 +213,31 @@ After this, the parameter can be modified by a command like:
 <pre>
 drive vname newvalue
 </pre>
-</p><p>
+</p>
+<h3>RS232 Controller Direct Access</h3>
+<p>
+RS232 controllers connected to a terminal server can be directly accessed 
+by SICS through the TCP/IP network, bypassing the SerPortServer
+program. See the  <a href="rs232.htm">description</a> of this facility
+for more details. Such a controller can be configured into the system
+through the command:
+<pre>
+MakeRS232Controller name terminalserver port
+</pre>
+For example:
+<pre>
+MakeRS232Controller hugo psts213 3004
+</pre>
+name is the SICS name for the controller, terminalserver is the name
+of the terminal server the device is connected to and port is the port
+number at which the terminal server publishes the RS232 channel to
+which the device is connected. This is usally the port number plus 3000.
+</p>
+<p>
 To be expanded. Please note, that environment devices such as temperature
 controllers are dynamically configured into the system at run time.
 Therefore the necessary commands are described in the user documentation.
+</p>
 </body>
 </html>
 

doc/manager/managerman

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ which is described elsewhere.
 %html iscan.htm   2
 %html alias.htm   2
 %html cron.htm    2
+%html rs232.htm   2
 %html ../user/trouble.htm 1
 %html move.htm  1
 \end{document}

doc/manager/special.htm

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ This section describes a few commands which need not be known to SICS users.
 <li> Accessing Siematic <a href="sps.htm">SPS</a> controllers.
 <li> <a href="alias.htm">Aliases</a>.
 <li> <a href="cron.htm">Reoccuring tasks</a>.
+<li>  Direct access to <a href="rs232.htm">RS232 controllers</a> through 
+ the terminal server.
 </uL>
 <!latex-on>
 </P>