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modes

ecmc modes

ecmc can be started in different modes by setting the MODE parameter to startup.cmd (or require ecmccfg):

FULL
DAQ
NO_MR

A separate mode for commissioning is also available, called ENG_MODE.

mode==FULL (default)

In FULL mode all ecmc functionalities are supported, like motion, daq and plcs.

Example of starting ecmc in FULL mode:

$(ECMCCFG_INIT)$(SCRIPTEXEC) ${ecmccfg_DIR}startup.cmd, "IOC=$(IOC),ECMC_VER=develop,MODE=FULL"

# or since FULL mode is default the MODE parameter can be ignored

$(ECMCCFG_INIT)$(SCRIPTEXEC) ${ecmccfg_DIR}startup.cmd, "IOC=$(IOC),ECMC_VER=develop"

mode==DAQ

In DAQ mode, motion functionalities are disabled and the following commands are blocked:

configureAxis.cmd
configureVirtualAxis.cmd
addAxis.cmd
addVirtualAxis.cmd

This mode is intended to be used for pure DAQ use cases.

Example of starting ecmc in DAQ mode:

$(ECMCCFG_INIT)$(SCRIPTEXEC) ${ecmccfg_DIR}startup.cmd, "IOC=$(IOC),ECMC_VER=develop,MODE=DAQ"

NOTE: The default record update rate is set to 10ms in initAlll.cmd. For DAQ applications it could be needed to change this parameter to update records faster by changing the ECMC_SAMPLE_RATE_MS variable:

epicsEnvSet("ECMC_SAMPLE_RATE_MS",1)

mode==NO_MR

In this mode all features are supported, but motor record will not be created for motion axes.

ENG_MODE

Setting the parameter ENG_MODE=1 will result in loading of extra PVs usefull for commissioning, i.e. controller parameters for motion axes.