CA Lab v1.7.2.2 (February 2023)

CA Lab v1.7.2.2 - Release Notes

Last version with 32-bit support and backward compatibility to LabVIEW 8.5

• Fixed misleading warning "Missing values to write"
• Memory leak on write fixed (mode: "variable PV names" = TRUE)
• Support for EPICS base 7.0.7 is back

We are happy to announce that CA Lab is compatible with NI Linux Real-Time x86.

📦 Downloads

• Windows Setup (64 bit)
• Windows Setup (32 bit)
• Source Code

🧩 New in 1.7.2.x

• Compatible with NI Linux Real-Time x86

• CaLabSoftIoc now also works under Linux

• CaLabInit and CaLabGet has an optional output filter now
  (this can save ressources and increase performance)
  Following values can be combined with OR

  PV indicators:
        firstValueAsString = 1
        firstValueAsNumber = 2
        valueArrayAsNumber = 4
        errorOut = 8
  
    PV Info cluster:
        pviElements = 16
        pviValuesAsString = 32
        pviValuesAsNumber = 64
        pviStatusAsString = 128
        pviStatusAsNumber = 256
        pviSeverityAsString = 512
        pviSeverityAsNumber = 1024
        pviTimestampAsString = 2048
        pviTimestampAsNumber = 4096
        pviFieldNames = 8192
        pviFieldValues = 16384
        pviError = 32768
  

📣 Improvements in 1.7.2.x

• CaLabSoftIoc is now native LabVIEW code (calabioc.dll is no longer needed)
• CaLabSoftIoc now also works under Linux
• Conditionally assign the variables in the Makefile
• README.linux shows a better way to link the shared library libcalab.so (mass compiling)
• Fixed multiple instances of PVs in "myItems" map
• Fixed crash of negative enums
• Added mutex for writing PVs
• EPICS base 7.0.7
• Some clean up and better documentaion in VIs

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