 13 Oct 2020, Soichiro Kuribayashi, Info, About remote control of front end part of MIDAS on chip
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Hello!
My name is Soichiro Kuribayashi and I am a Ph.D. student at Kyoto University.
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 13 Oct 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, About remote control of front end part of MIDAS on chip
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> My name is Soichiro Kuribayashi and I am a Ph.D. student at Kyoto University.
> I'm a T2K collaborator and working for Super FGD which is new detector in ND280.
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13 Oct 2020, Soichiro Kuribayashi, Info, About remote control of front end part of MIDAS on chip
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Dear Konstantin,
Thank you very much for your reply and detailed information.
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20 Oct 2020, Stefan Ritt, Info, About remote control of front end part of MIDAS on chip
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We also use a Zynq chip and boot in the following order:
1. SD Card
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21 Oct 2020, Soichiro Kuribayashi, Info, About remote control of front end part of MIDAS on chip
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Dear Stefan,
Thank you very much for your help.
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29 Sep 2020, Amy Roberts, Forum, using python client to start and stop run
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I'm using a python client to start and stop runs, and the following code *appears*
to set the MIDAS state to "Run"
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29 Sep 2020, Ben Smith, Forum, using python client to start and stop run
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The ODB variable "/Runinfo/State" is a symptom of starting/stopping a run, rather than the cause.
In C++, one uses `cm_transition()` to start/stop runs.
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06 Oct 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, using python client to start and stop run
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> The ODB variable "/Runinfo/State" is a symptom of starting/stopping a run, rather than the cause.
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> In C++, one uses `cm_transition()` to start/stop runs.
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02 Sep 2020, Ruslan Podviianiuk, Forum, Transition status message 
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Hello,
I got an error after start of run and it would be good to show this error (or
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02 Sep 2020, Ben Smith, Forum, Transition status message
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The information you want is in the ODB:
* "/System/Transition/status" is the overall integer status code.
* "/System/Transition/error" is the overall error message string.
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02 Sep 2020, Ruslan Podviianiuk, Forum, Transition status message
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> The information you want is in the ODB:
> * "/System/Transition/status" is the overall integer status code.
> * "/System/Transition/error" is the overall error message string.
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08 Sep 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, Transition status message
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> > The information you want is in the ODB:
> > * "/System/Transition/status" is the overall integer status code.
> > * "/System/Transition/error" is the overall error message string.
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08 Sep 2020, Ruslan Podviianiuk, Forum, Transition status message
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> > > The information you want is in the ODB:
> > > * "/System/Transition/status" is the overall integer status code.
> > > * "/System/Transition/error" is the overall error message string.
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08 Sep 2020, Zaher Salman, Forum, json parser error
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I am getting the following error alert in a custom page whenever a run starts
json parser exception: SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 985, batch request: method: "db_get_values", params: [object Object], id: 1598691925697 |
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08 Sep 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, json parser error
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> I am getting the following error alert in a custom page whenever a run starts
> json parser exception: SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 985, batch request: method: "db_get_values", params: [object Object], id:
1598691925697 method: "get_alarms", params: null, id: 1598691925697 method: "cm_msg_retrieve", params: [object Object], id: 1598691925697 method: "cm_msg_retrieve", |
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21 Aug 2020, Ruslan Podviianiuk, Forum, time information
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Hello,
I have a few questions about time information:
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24 Aug 2020, Stefan Ritt, Forum, time information
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> 1. Is it possible to get "Running time" using, for example, jsonrpc? (please see
> the attached file)
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25 Aug 2020, Ruslan Podviianiuk, Forum, time information
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Thank you, Stefan
Ruslan
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24 Aug 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Release, midas-2020-12
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midas-2020-12-a is here.
new features and notable updates since midas-2020-03: |
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28 Aug 2019, Nick Hastings, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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Hello experts,
I have been writing a SC frontend for a powersupply. I have used the model
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28 Aug 2019, Stefan Ritt, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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My first question would be why are you using several font-ends at all? That makes things more
complicated than needed. In the normal FE framework, you can define either several equipment
served by one frontend, or even one equipment linked to several devices. In the MEG experiment
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28 Aug 2019, Nick Hastings, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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Hi Stefan,
thanks for you quick reply.
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28 Aug 2019, lcp, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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hi,
> > That makes things more
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16 Sep 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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> it's probably better to run a multi-threaded setup, than individual frontends.
I recommend against using multiple threads if at all possible and unless absolutely required.
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16 Sep 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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> My first question would be why are you using several font-ends at all? That makes things more
> complicated than needed. In the normal FE framework, you can define either several equipment
> served by one frontend, or even one equipment linked to several devices.
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29 Aug 2019, Ben Smith, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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Hi Nick,
I confirm that this issue appears when using the MIDAS history driver. The issue does not appear when using the MYSQL history driver.
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01 Sep 2019, Nick Hastings, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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Hi Ben,
thanks for your reply. I can confirm that your suggested workaround does indeed
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16 Sep 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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> thanks for your reply. I can confirm that your suggested workaround does indeed
> make the problem dissapear.
> I guess this issue hasn't been seen at T2K since we use MYSQL for the history.
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16 Sep 2019, Nick Hastings, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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Hi Konstantin,
thanks for your reply.
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17 Sep 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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> [local:e666:S]History>ls -l /History/Events
> Key name Type #Val Size Last Opn Mode Value
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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18 Sep 2019, Nick Hastings, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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Hi Konstantin,
> > [local:e666:S]History>ls -l /History/Events
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27 Sep 2019, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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We should fix this for midas-2019-10.
https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/midas/issues/193/confusion-in-history-event-ids
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24 Aug 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, History plot problems for frontend with multiple indicies
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This turned out to be a tricky problem. I am adding a warning about it in mlogger. This should go into midas-
2020-07. Closing bug #193. K.O.
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12 Aug 2020, Yan Liu, Suggestion, adding db_get_mode ti check access mode for keys
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Hello,
I am wondering if there is a function that checks the access mode for a key? I
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13 Aug 2020, Stefan Ritt, Suggestion, adding db_get_mode ti check access mode for keys
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> Hello,
>
> I am wondering if there is a function that checks the access mode for a key? I
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13 Aug 2020, Yan Liu, Suggestion, adding db_get_mode ti check access mode for keys
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Thank you!
Yan
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07 Aug 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, update of MYSQL history documentation
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I updated the documentation for setting up a MYSQL (MariaDB) database for
recording MIDAS history: https://midas.triumf.ca/MidasWiki/index.php/History_System#Write_MYSQL-history_events
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15 Jul 2020, Stefan Ritt, Info, Minimal CMakeLists.txt for your midas front-end
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Since a few people asked me, here is a "minimal" CMakeLists.txt file for a user-written front-end
program "myfe":
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28 Jun 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, Makefile update
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I reworked the MIDAS Makefile to simplify things and to remove redundancy with functions
provided by cmake.
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15 Jul 2020, Stefan Ritt, Info, Makefile update
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Please note that you can also compile midas in the standard cmake way with
$ mkdir build
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28 Jun 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, mhttpd https support openssl -> mbedtls
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For password protection of midas web pages, https is required, good old http
with passwords transmitted in-the-clear is no longer considered secure. Latest
recommendation is to run mhttpd behind an industry-standard https proxy, for
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28 Jun 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, mhttpd https support openssl -> mbedtls
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To add. Using https with either openssl or mbedtls requires obtaining an https certificate. This can be self-
signed, or signed by a higher authority, or issued by the "let's encrypt" project.
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24 Jun 2020, Stefan Ritt, Info, New image history system available
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I'm happy to report that the Corona Lockdown in Europe also had some positive side
effects: Finally I found time to implement an image history system in midas,
something I wanted to do since many years, but never found time for that.
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28 May 2020, Marius Koeppel, Suggestion, ODB++ API - documantion updates and odb view after key creation
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Hello everybody,
I am really appreciate the development of the new odb++ API. So I directly started to rewrite the code for the Mu3e DAQ system.
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28 May 2020, Stefan Ritt, Suggestion, ODB++ API - documantion updates and odb view after key creation
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> 2. When I create an ODB structure with the new API I do for example:
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> midas::odb stream_settings = {
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30 May 2020, Stefan Ritt, Suggestion, ODB++ API - documantion updates and odb view after key creation
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Marius, has the problem been fixed in meantime?
Stefan
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04 Jun 2020, Marius Koeppel, Suggestion, ODB++ API - documantion updates and odb view after key creation
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Hi Stefan,
your test program was only working for me after I changed the following lines inside the odbxx.cpp
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05 Jun 2020, Stefan Ritt, Suggestion, ODB++ API - documantion updates and odb view after key creation
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Hi Marius,
your fix is good. Thanks for digging out this deep-lying issue, which would have haunted us if we would not fix it.
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08 Jun 2020, Marius Koeppel, Suggestion, ODB++ API - documantion updates and odb view after key creation
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Hi Stefan,
I agree with your explanation about the size of BOOL and bool.
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16 Jun 2020, Marius Koeppel, Suggestion, ODB++ API - documantion updates and odb view after key creation
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Hi Stefan,
I played around with the code a bit more and I found out that if I do:
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23 Jun 2020, Stefan Ritt, Suggestion, ODB++ API - documantion updates and odb view after key creation
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Hi Marius,
thanks for your help, you identified the problematic location. I changed that to
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24 Jun 2020, Marius Koeppel, Suggestion, ODB++ API - documantion updates and odb view after key creation
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Hi Stefan,
now everything works well (Tested on: OpenSuse and Arch Linux) :)
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19 Jun 2020, Isaac Labrie-Boulay, Info, Building/running a Frontend Task
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To build a frontend task, the user code and system code are compiled and linked
together with the required libraries, by running a Makefile (e.g.
../midas/examples/experiment/Makefile in the MIDAS package).
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18 Jun 2020, Ruslan Podviianiuk, Forum, ODB key length
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Hello,
I have a question about length of the name of ODB key.
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18 Jun 2020, Stefan Ritt, Forum, ODB key length
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No. But if you need more than 32 characters, you do something wrong. The
information you want to put into the ODB key name should probably be stored in
another string key or so.
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15 Jun 2020, Isaac Labrie Boulay, Bug Report, Killing and ODB - Removed ODB client because process pid does not exists
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Hey everyone,
When I run mhttpd I get the following error message:
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15 Jun 2020, Martin Mueller, Bug Report, deprecated function stime()
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Hi
I had a problem with the compilation of midas after an OS update to the recent version of OpenSuse tumbleweed. The function stime() in system.cxx:3196 |
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15 Jun 2020, Stefan Ritt, Bug Report, deprecated function stime()
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The function stime() has been replaced by clock_settime() on Feb. 2020:
https://bitbucket.org/tmidas/midas/commits/c732120e7c68bbcdbbc6236c1fe894c401d9bbbd
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09 Jun 2020, Isaac Labrie Boulay, Info, Preparing the VME hardware - VME address jumpers.
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Hey folks,
I'm currently working on setting up a MIDAS experiment and I am following the
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10 Jun 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Info, Preparing the VME hardware - VME address jumpers.
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Hi, if you are not using any VME hardware, then you have no VME address jumpers to
set. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus
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12 Jun 2020, Isaac Labrie Boulay, Info, Preparing the VME hardware - VME address jumpers.
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> Hi, if you are not using any VME hardware, then you have no VME address jumpers to
> set. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus
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10 Jun 2020, Ivo Schulthess, Forum, slow-control equipment crashes when running multi-threaded on a remote machine
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Dear all
To reduce the time needed by Midas between runs, we want to change some of our periodic equipment to multi-threaded slow-control equipment. To do that |
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10 Jun 2020, Konstantin Olchanski, Forum, slow-control equipment crashes when running multi-threaded on a remote machine
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Yes, it is supposed to crash. On a remote frontend, cm_get_path() cannot be used
(we are on a different computer, all filesystems maybe no the same!) and is actually not set and
triggers a trap if something tries to use it. (this is the crash you see).
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10 Jun 2020, Stefan Ritt, Forum, slow-control equipment crashes when running multi-threaded on a remote machine
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Few comments:
- As KO write, we might need semaphores also on a remote front-end, in case several programs share the same hardware. So it should work and cm_get_path() |
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12 Jun 2020, Ivo Schulthess, Forum, slow-control equipment crashes when running multi-threaded on a remote machine
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Thanks you two once again for the very fast answers. I tested the example on the local machine and it works perfectly fine. In the meantime I also created
two new drivers for our devices
and everything works with them, the improvement in time is significant and I will create drivers for all our devices where possible. If they are in a working |