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xxx Release Notes
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Release 6-3
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* Added Scaler module
* Added LabJack module
* Added Xpress3 module
* Added Galil module
* vxWorks IOCs now automatically write out their bootParams on a successful boot
* xxx startup script converted to perl for cross-platform compatibility
* xxx startup script also no longer needs IOC_STARTUP_DIR to be set
* New AreaDetector example scripts
* Autosave .req search path automatically generated based on RELEASE file
Release 6-2-1
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* Adjustments for scaler code being broken out from std module
Release 6-2
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* Parts of common.iocsh that were likely to be changed moved out to settings.iocsh
Release 6-1
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* autsaveBuild files are now built in the autosave directory so that the primary iocxxx directory doesn't need to be open to be written by anyone.
* xxx.adl screen updated to match tab-style design of the .ui file.
Release 6-0
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* Added lua scripting module
* Added SoftGlueZynq module
* Added Yokogawa DAU module
* Added dxpSitoro module
* iocBoot/iocvxWorks, iocBoot/iocLinux, etc: Condensed into single iocxxx directory
* st.cmd.Linux, st.cmd.vxWorks, etc: Individual startup scripts provided for each architecture
* All startup scripts using iocsh to eliminate most architectural differences
* Startup scripts rewritten to use iocshLoad capabilities of base-3.15
* xxx.ui updated to take full advantage of caQtDm widgets
* xxxApp/src/Makefile greatly simplified
* release.pl modified to fix an issue where it wasn't checking optional includes
* softioc startup script now includes options to start medm and caQtDM
* MEDM and caQtDM startup scripts cleaned up
Release 5-8-3
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* Changes to support caputRecorder
* Added GROUP env var for alive record
* release.pl modified so that module definitions are processed in the order they occur. This allows, for example, the following:
include $(SUPPORT)/configure/RELEASE
CAPUTRECORDER=$(SUPPORT)/caputRecorder-1-4-2
in which the CAPUTRECORDER definition overrides the definition in $(SUPPORT)/configure/RELEASE
Release 5-8
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* Deleted xxxCommonInclude.dbd since it is no longer used.
* Many changes for areaDetector-2-0
* Use the alive module
* Added xxx.sh, a script to start/stop/restart a linux ioc in a screen session. Improved in-screen.sh and run scripts.
* Rewrote xxxApp/src/Makefile: .dbd users must come after sources, so required stuff is defined before it is used, but .lib users must come before sources, so required references are encountered before a library is searched. Added ifdefs for ETHERIP, ALIVE, DELAYGEN, and VAC modules.
* New configure/CONFIG from 3.14.12.4 makeBaseApp
* start\_caQtDM: Added drag-and-drop workaround for caQtDM.
* iocBoot/iocvxWorks, iocLinux: Changed many .cmd files to use doAfterIocInit. Added commented out examples of using autosaveBuild. (AutosaveBuild requires either base 3.15.1, or a patched copy of base 3.14.12.)
* iocBoot/iocvxWorks/softGlue.cmd: Example of registered interrupt service routine.
* iocBoot/ioc\*/calc.cmd: new file
* xxxApp/src/Makefile: changes to build with 3.15
* Many changes to use caputRecorder
Release 5-7-1
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* iocBoot/iocLinux: new filter.substitutions from optics, added async\_pid\_slow.substitutions, scan1Menu.req
* iocBoot/iocvxWorks: new filter.substitutions from optics
Release 5-7
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* string sequence records moved from std to calc module
* Added .ui files for caQtDM
* rewrote xxxApp/src/Makefile to build dbd file and specify link libraries according to what modules are defined in configure/RELEASE
* SIS38xx setup changed for mca-7-3-1
* Added configMenu for softGlue and scans.
* Added support for async\_pid\_slow, new XIA filter software
* Deleted vxStats (replaced by devIocStats)
Release 5-6
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* Include areaDetector, dxp, modbus, softGlue
* configure/RELEASE changes
* CSS-BOY displays and .def files
* start\_epics for bash, setup\_epics improvements
* Added op/burt directory for interp, softGlue
* vxStats replaced by devIocStats
* Many changes to match new or modified features in external modules.
Release 5-5
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* Added busy module, deleted ccd and pilatus modules
* Deleted iocxxxCygwinInclude.dbd, iocxxxWin32Include.dbd, iocxxx\_solarisInclude.dbd -- build the targets in Makefile instead.
* .dbd file changes to agree with synApps 5.5 module choices
* Additions for areaDetector
* added multilayer mono, FuncGen, softGlue to xxx.adl
Release 5-4
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* Build modified to agree with 3.14.10 version of makeBaseApp.pl
* Use of genSub module replaced by use of aSub record from base 3.14.10.
* Use new busy module.
* iocSolaris: Added databases Io.db, ramp\_tweak.db, pvHistory.db; must use 'var' to define variable
Release 5-3
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* xxx/release.pl: Bug fix; "($macro) =" line was wrong. Support "include" entries without a macro.
* xxx/iocBoot/ioc\*/\*.substitutions: 3.14.9 will require macros in substitution files to be enclosed in quotes. Start now, since it's already legal.
* xxx/iocBoot/iocCygwin/saveData.req: added basename section
* xxx/iocBoot/ioc\*: Some databases and autosave-request files in synApps have been renamed so that the autosave-request file name can be autogenerated easily from the database name, e.g.: .db <--> \_settings.req. This will permit utils/makeAutosaveFiles.py to work more comprehensively.
* xxx/iocBoot/ioc\*/save\_restore.cmd: Added modbus, pilatus, and vac to requestfile path; Added call to save\_restoreSet\_UseStatusPVs()
* xxx/iocBoot/ioc\*/st.cmd: scans.db was split into standardScans.db and saveData.db, so it's easier to load multiple scan databases.
* xxx/iocBoot/ioc\*/interp\_settings.req: moved to calc module (and modified there to agree with current interp database).
* unlisted changes in the build files to agree with changes in synApps.
Release 5-2
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* iocBoot/iocCygwin/\* -- Added examples for loading databases, specifying autosave PV's, and invoking SNL programs, for orientation matrix, femto amplifier, and pf4dual slit.
* pseudoMotor.db, sumDiff2D.db, and coordTrans2D.db are now in the motor module, and not in xxx. This affects some substitution files in iocBoot/ioc\*.
* Some synApps databases used to specify input/output message terminators, and no longer do this. Message terminators must be specified in serial.cmd.
* Added examples for userArrayCalcs, pvHistory, XIA slit, string sequence, timer
* Specified message terminators for Digitel in serial.cmd
* Added example of setting system clock rate to iocvxWorks/st.cmd
* Added new motor types to xxxApp/src/\*
* Scaler database loading has changed to accommodate asyn-based device support.
* Modified substitutions files in iocBoot/ioc\* to enclose in quotes any macro substitutions that themselves contain macro arguments (i.e., X=$(Y) -> X="$(Y)"). This will be required in EPICS 3.14.9.
Release 5-1
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* Fixes to run from support directory on the gateway.
* MPF is out; asyn is in
* Don't need to specify handshake PV in saveData.req. It's now hardwired into saveData.
* Split out many .cmd files from st.cmd
* Multi-element mca setup now in device-specific files
* Serial/GPIB config now in asynRecord.template, serial.cmd
* serial\_OI\_Block, GPIB\_OI\_Block -> deviceCmdReply
* [cvs log](cvsLog.txt)
Release 5-0
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* start\_epics\_xxx - added new modules to EPICS\_DISPLAY\_PATH. Added specification of EPICS\_CA\_MAX\_ARRAY\_BYTES
* documentation/vme\_address.html - table of VME addresses, interrupt vectors, etc.
* iocxxx - split into iocUnix, iocvxWorks
* st.cmd, xxxApp/src - changed xxx.dbd to iocxxx.dbd, xxx\_registerRecordDeviceDriver to iocxxx\_registerRecordDeviceDriver because c function name cannot begin with a number
* st1.cmd - cd to topbin/../vxWorks-68040, so we don't have to have a separate cdCommands file. Load xxx.munch instead of a bunch of separate files
* st1.cmd - must configure dac before ip330PID
* vxStats.substitutions - new file to work with vxStats module
* pid\*.substitutions, dac128V.substitutions - new files
* xxx.adl - added vxStats, Keithley 2000; changes in mca, DAC
Suggestions and Comments to:
[Tim Mooney](mailto:mooney@aps.anl.gov) : (mooney@aps.anl.gov)