I'm constructing a TMFeEquipment with this constructor:

MagnetFe(const char *eqname, const char *eqfilename) // ctor
        : TMFeEquipment(eqname, eqfilename)
    {
        fEqConfEventID = 3;
        fEqConfBuffer = "SYSTEM";
        fEqConfPeriodMilliSec = 1000; // in milliseconds
        fEqConfLogHistory = 1;
        fEqConfReadOn = RO_ALWAYS;
    }


When I start with a fresh ODB, the directories are created correctly, and e.g. the 
event ID is set correctly, but "Read on" is set to 1 (i.e. RO_RUNNING) instead of 
0xFF.
Now when I set it to 0xFF manually and restart, it gets overwritten to 7 
(RO_NONTRANS), which I guess is a relatively recent change and doesn't affect me 
negatively.