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-#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Implements sycFormat which is needed by the sycamore protocol.
-# Deobjectified version of the ANSTO original
-#
-# Original Implementor: Paul Hathaway, Ferdi Francescini
-#
-# More bugs introduced by: Mark Koennecke
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-if { [info exists sycinit] == 0 } {
-  set sycinit 1
-  Publish sycformat Spy
-}
-
-  array set statusMap [ list  OKOK        "ok" \
-                              HWIdle      "idle" \
-                              HWBusy      "running" \
-                              HWFault     "fault" \
-                              HWPosFault  "posfault" \
-                              HWCrash     "crash" \
-                              NOMEMORY    "nomemory" \
-                              HWNoBeam    "nobeam" \
-                              HWPause     "pause" \
-                              HWWarn      "warn" \
-                              HWRedo      "redo" ]
-
-
-  # 'tag' and 'msgString' parameters must be passed within braces
-  # eg sycFormat con0004 t000005 s1 event  {s1} {type.position status.HWBusy}
-  proc sycformat {connID transID devID msgFlag tag msgString} {
-    global statusMap 
-
-    set fullmatch ""; set msg ""; set eventType ""; set status ""
-    set position ""
-
-    proc _prefix {flag} {
-      upvar connID cID transID tID devID dID
-      return "\[$cID:$tID:$dID:$flag\]"
-    }
-      
-    set msgString [string trim $msgString]
-    regexp {<(.*)>} $msgString match msg
-    regexp {type\.(\w*)} $msgString match eventType
-    regexp {status\.(\w*)} $msgString match status
-
-  # Skip useless messages
-  if {[string first "Parameter Listing for motor" $msgString] > -1} {
-    return ""
-  }
-   
-    switch $msgFlag {
-      "event" {
-        switch $eventType {
-          "POSITION" {
-            regexp {(\w+)\.position *= *(\d+(?:\.\d+)?)} $msgString match device position
-            set output "[_prefix event] $tag={type=$eventType,$devID.position=$position}"
-          }
-          "STATUS" {
-            set output "[_prefix event] $tag={type=$eventType,$devID.status=$statusMap($status)}"
-          }
-          default {
-            # Error
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      "finish" {
-        set output "[_prefix finish]"
-      }
-      default {
-        set output "[_prefix $msgFlag] $tag=\{$msgString\}"
-      }
-    }
-    return $output
-  }
-