man8/actSCtask

Name

actSCtask - ACT status control module I/O service

Description

Status control I/O service for ACT modules.

This program supports all digital output ACT modules.

Base modules consist of 16 channels. Expansion (or mezzanine) modules contain 8 channels and can be installed only on digital base modules (input or output).

An output can handle up to 500mA per channel.

Arguments

Argument processing is done using Unix long argument syntax.

The values of all the parameters listed here (whether or not they were supplied on the command line) are printed on stderr when the program starts.

--dbman_host <hn>

The host where dbman is running.

If this argument is not supplied the default is "localhost".

The DBMAN_HOST environment variable is used if present.

--dbman_name <rn>

Sets the name the program will use to register with dbman.

--dev <path>

The device path to open.

If this argument is not supplied the default is "/dev/kbuss".

--drv <drv>

The driver key to use.

If this argument is not specified the default is "KBUSS_1".

--cmin <C>

The minimum crate number.

If this argument is not supplied the default is "0".

--cmax <C>

The maximum crate number.

If this argument is not supplied the default is "15".

--log_flag <logging>

If this argument has the value "bad", I/O trasactions with bad status will be logged each time the status changes.
If this argument has the value "all", I/O trasactions will be logged whenever the binary data value changes.

--ignore_wd

Normally the watchdog timer must be armed by actWDtask before the module is serviced. If this flag is set, the module will be serviced regardless of the watchdog state.

--diag

Don’t close stdin and stdout and allow SIGINT to kill the program.

--show_tbl

Print the contents of various tables to stderr.

--verbose=<level>

Print more information. If <level> is missing it defaults to 1.

--persist

Run the program in persist mode.

--tagname_ctl

parameter name to use for task control.

--tagname_status

parameter name to use for reporting task status.

--help

Print the help information to stderr.

Device Types used by this program

ACTscV - required

Status Controls.
This record must be present in the database for the module to be serviced by the program.

DTkey should always be set to U.

Crate defines the module’s address.

Slot defines the channel count.
0 = 8 Channels
1 = 16 Channels
2 = 24 Channels

ChanNo should always be set to 0.

Each bit is mapped the the corresponding channel offset on a given module.

ACTscWD - optional

Watchdog Configuration Mask. This record serves two purposes. The primary purpose is to enable watchdog protection for a module. The second is to optionally exempt channels from the watchdog timer.

When present, all channels of the module are affected by the watchdog timer unless specifically exempt as described below.

If this entry is not present, the --ignore_wd argument is required to service the module without watchdog protection.
Watchdog protection will still be active and serviced by actWDtask for modules containing this record.

The database entry should match with the corresponding ACTscV entry.

CurData defines the channels that are exempt from the watchdog timer. Setting a channel to 1 signifies exemption. These can be mapped to tagnames and are updated upon change.

ACTscDF - optional

Default Status Controls. This record optionally defines the values set if the watchdog timer expires.

If this entry is not present, all channels will default to the off value.

The database entry should match with the corresponding ACTscV entry.

CurData defines the values. These can be mapped to tagnames and are updated upon change.

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