EPICS: generation of DBs and GUIs for HV
NOTE: normally all environment variables are set, with one exception: cc_mf (counting house classc0) is using old EPICS; if you want to work with cc_mf execute $CLAS/epicsBold/.setup script; it will redefine environment; proceed as described below.
Example for test setup CAEN
Following procedure generates *.db and *.adl/*.alh files for High Voltage applications.
cd $APP/hvca/db/
Create *.dat file with following format:
clonpc1:db> more caen.dat CAEN_1_00 02 1 1 01 01 03 00 -1200.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 -2500.0 CAEN_1_01 02 1 1 01 01 03 01 -1200.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 -2500.0 CAEN_1_02 02 1 1 01 01 03 02 -1200.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 -2500.0 CAEN_1_03 02 1 1 01 01 03 03 -1200.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 -2500.0 .....................................
Columns have following meaning (NEED CHECK !):
1 - group name (channel name, will be used as part of EPICS channel access variable names)
2 - group number
3 - allow (looks like not in use ?)
4 - ioc number (that number goes to channel name, for example 'CAEN_<ioc number>_02'); that number
must be unique for all CLAS IOCs (for example classc12 has ioc number 12 and that number should
not be used for any other IOC)
5 - mainframe address (for Lecroy by jumpers, for CAEN by IP, goes to channel name, for example
'CAEN_99_<mainframe address>); output DB files will be splitted based on this number, for
example all lines in file 'caen.dat' with this number equal to 4 will be placed to the file
'caen_04.db'; this number have to be used as first parameter in 'sy1527Start()' and 'sy527Start()'
calls, although in second case the same number must be in the end of second parameter as well
6 - slot/card number
7 - submodule: this is important code to specify what king of system we have; it must be equal to
one of the predefined numbers, which is 2 for Lecroy HV and 3 for CAEN HV
8 - channel number
9 - voltage (demand, V)
10 - mvdz (measured voltage dead-zone, V)
11 - mcdz (measuerd current dead-zone, uA?)
12 - rump up speed, V/s
13 - rump down speed, V/s
14 - tc (trip current, uA?)
15 - maximum voltage (max, V)
Second input file is *.grp, for example caen.grp:
clonpc1:db> more caen.grp 1 CAEN_7 2 CAEN_3 3 CAEN_7 4 CAEN_8 5 CAEN_10
First column is group number and second one is group name. It will be first two columns on medm screen.
Makefile must be manually adjusted for every new *.dat file. It is possible to combine several *.dat file in one - see inside Makefile.
To generate all necessary file type 'make <filename without extension>', for example if file name is 'caen.dat', type:
make caen
Following output fill shows up:
clonpc1:db> make caen
./dat2db.pl caen
echo caen | /usr/local/clas/devel/R3.14.8.2/EPICS/app/hvca/bin/hv_adl
Input name of hv data file (omit the extension '.dat') :
WORKING ON GROUP #1
Initializing variables to default values.
Creating file: caen_CAEN_7_1.adl
Initializing variables to default values.
Creating file: caen_CAEN_7_param_1.adl
Initializing variables to default values.
Creating file: caen.adl
./dat2req.pl caen
chmod +x caen*.csh
test -d ../medm/adl || mkdir ../medm/adl
test -d ../req || mkdir ../req
mv caen*.adl ../medm/adl
mv caen*.snap ../req
mv caen*.csh ../medm/adl
mv caen*.alarms ../medm/adl
test -d ../medm/alh || mkdir ../medm/alh
mv caen*.alhConfig* ../medm/alh
Following files will be produced:
caen_01.db ../medm/adl/caen.adl .................adl ../medm/alh/caen_CAEN_7.alhConfig ../medm/alh/caen_mf_01_01.alhConfig_mf
For NEW EPICS ONLY copy generated *.db files into final destination where it will be picked up by IOC startup script, for example:
cp caen_01.db $BASEB/src/CAEN_HV/IocShell/ cp caen102_02.db $BASEB/src/CAEN_HV/IocShell/
Create appropriate links to our medm files from standard place:
cd $APP/medm make
Create appropriate links to our alh files from standard place:
cd $APP/alh make
Setting everything for LAC HV mainframes
LAC's two sectors equiped with four sy527 mainframes. First goto '$APP/hvca/db' and create two *.dat files: traditionally we keep different sectors in separate files. Fragments of those files:
lac1.dat:
LAC_S1_IN_LL_01 01 1 09 01 00 03 00 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_02 01 1 09 01 00 03 01 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_03 01 1 09 01 00 03 02 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_04 01 1 09 01 00 03 03 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_05 01 1 09 01 00 03 04 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_06 01 1 09 01 00 03 05 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_07 01 1 09 01 00 03 06 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_08 01 1 09 01 00 03 07 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_09 01 1 09 01 00 03 08 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_10 01 1 09 01 00 03 09 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_11 01 1 09 01 00 03 10 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_12 01 1 09 01 00 03 11 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_13 01 1 09 01 00 03 12 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_14 01 1 09 01 00 03 13 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_15 01 1 09 01 00 03 14 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_16 01 1 09 01 00 03 15 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_17 01 1 09 01 01 03 00 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_18 01 1 09 01 01 03 01 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_19 01 1 09 01 01 03 02 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_20 01 1 09 01 01 03 03 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_21 01 1 09 01 01 03 04 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_22 01 1 09 01 01 03 05 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_23 01 1 09 01 01 03 06 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LL_24 01 1 09 01 01 03 07 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LS_01 01 1 09 01 01 03 08 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LS_02 01 1 09 01 01 03 09 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LS_03 01 1 09 01 01 03 10 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LS_04 01 1 09 01 01 03 11 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LS_05 01 1 09 01 01 03 12 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_IN_LS_06 01 1 09 01 01 03 13 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 .......................................................................................... LAC_S1_OUT_RS_31 02 1 09 02 07 03 06 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_OUT_RS_32 02 1 09 02 07 03 07 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_OUT_RS_33 02 1 09 02 07 03 08 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_OUT_RS_34 02 1 09 02 07 03 09 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_OUT_RS_35 02 1 09 02 07 03 10 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_OUT_RS_36 02 1 09 02 07 03 11 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_OUT_RS_37 02 1 09 02 07 03 12 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_OUT_RS_38 02 1 09 02 07 03 13 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_OUT_RS_39 02 1 09 02 07 03 14 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S1_OUT_RS_40 02 1 09 02 07 03 15 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0
lac2.dat:
LAC_S2_IN_LL_01 03 1 09 03 00 03 00 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_02 03 1 09 03 00 03 01 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_03 03 1 09 03 00 03 02 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_04 03 1 09 03 00 03 03 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_05 03 1 09 03 00 03 04 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_06 03 1 09 03 00 03 05 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_07 03 1 09 03 00 03 06 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_08 03 1 09 03 00 03 07 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_09 03 1 09 03 00 03 08 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_10 03 1 09 03 00 03 09 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_11 03 1 09 03 00 03 10 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_12 03 1 09 03 00 03 11 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_13 03 1 09 03 00 03 12 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_14 03 1 09 03 00 03 13 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_15 03 1 09 03 00 03 14 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_16 03 1 09 03 00 03 15 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_17 03 1 09 03 01 03 00 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_18 03 1 09 03 01 03 01 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_19 03 1 09 03 01 03 02 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_20 03 1 09 03 01 03 03 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_21 03 1 09 03 01 03 04 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_22 03 1 09 03 01 03 05 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_23 03 1 09 03 01 03 06 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LL_24 03 1 09 03 01 03 07 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LS_01 03 1 09 03 01 03 08 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LS_02 03 1 09 03 01 03 09 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LS_03 03 1 09 03 01 03 10 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LS_04 03 1 09 03 01 03 11 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LS_05 03 1 09 03 01 03 12 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_IN_LS_06 03 1 09 03 01 03 13 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 .......................................................................................... LAC_S2_OUT_RS_31 04 1 09 04 07 03 06 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_OUT_RS_32 04 1 09 04 07 03 07 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_OUT_RS_33 04 1 09 04 07 03 08 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_OUT_RS_34 04 1 09 04 07 03 09 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_OUT_RS_35 04 1 09 04 07 03 10 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_OUT_RS_36 04 1 09 04 07 03 11 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_OUT_RS_37 04 1 09 04 07 03 12 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_OUT_RS_38 04 1 09 04 07 03 13 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_OUT_RS_39 04 1 09 04 07 03 14 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0 LAC_S2_OUT_RS_40 04 1 09 04 07 03 15 -1000.0 1.5 1.3 121.5 486.0 2550.0 2500.0
Create lac.grp file:
1 lac_s1_in 2 lac_s1_out 3 lac_s2_in 4 lac_s2_out
In lac1.dat and lac2.dat files we specified group numbers (column 2), IOC number equal to 9 (column 4), mainframe number (column 5) and (column 7).