Re: [Cs-studio-users] ArchiveEngime configuration with multiple IOC servers

[zunbeltz <zun...@es...>]

Just to say that I find the nice web browser interface!
Finally, I was able to configure everything and it seems running fine.

Thanks,

Zunbeltz


al., 2014.eko iraren 08a 12:57(e)an, zun...@es... 
igorleak idatzi zuen:
> Dear Kay,
>
> Thanks for the explanation. I configured the broadcast addresses but it
> still seems that the engine is not getting data or that is not writting
> anything to our DB.  Is there any easy way to know which to the two is the
> problem? (like redirecting to a text file the data)
>
> I attach the conifguration file and the log with the debug detail.
>
> Thanks
>
> The output on the console is:
> kontrol@zboson eclipse]$ ./ArchiveEngine -port 4811 -rdb_url
> jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/archive -rdb_user **** -rdb_password ******
> -engine ****** -pluginCustomization
> /home/kontrol/workspace/bin/engine/eclipse/plugin_customization.ini
> * 2014-09-08 12:51:50,636 INFO  [main] archive.engine.Application (?:?) -
> Archive Engine 1.2.3
> 2014-09-08 12:51:50.893:INFO::Logging to STDERR via org.mortbay.log.StdErrLog
> 2014-09-08 12:51:50.936:INFO::jetty-6.1.x
> 2014-09-08 12:51:50.968:INFO::Started SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:4811
> * 2014-09-08 12:51:50,980 INFO  [main] engine.server.EngineServer (?:?) -
> Engine HTTP Server port 4811
> * 2014-09-08 12:51:50,981 INFO  [main] archive.engine.Application (?:?) -
> Reading configuration 'DEMO'
> * 2014-09-08 12:51:51,002 INFO  [main]
> engine.model.MonitoredArchiveChannel (?:?) - BP:LEBT:BD:ACCT1:BeamCurr: No
> known last value
> * 2014-09-08 12:51:51,038 INFO  [main] archive.engine.Application (?:?) -
> Read configuration: 1 channels in 0.056 seconds
> * 2014-09-08 12:51:51,039 INFO  [main] archive.engine.Application (?:?) -
> Running, CA addr list: 127.0.0.1 10.20.0.255 10.30.0.255
> * 2014-09-08 12:51:51,041 INFO  [WriteThread] engine.model.WriteThread
> (?:?) - WriteThread starts
> 0
> time for write no wile 0 sample:11
> time method write 0.010581904
> delay: 4990
> * 2014-09-08 12:51:51,207 INFO  [ScanThread] engine.scanner.ScanThread
> (?:?) - Scan Thread runs
> 0
> time for write no wile 0 sample:1
> time method write 6.04778E-4
> delay: 5000
> 0
> time for write no wile 0 sample:1
> time method write 6.78464E-4
> delay: 5000
> 0
> time for write no wile 0 sample:1
> time method write 6.22518E-4
> delay: 5000
> 0
> time for write no wile 0 sample:0
> time method write 6.48291E-4
> delay: 5000
> 0
> time for write no wile 0 sample:0
> time method write 6.65963E-4
> delay: 5000
>
>
>
>> On Sep 4, 2014, at 9:54 AM, zunbeltz <zun...@es...>
>>   wrote:
>>> Thanks for the help Kay,
>>>
>>> Sorry for my ignorance in network setups but I have a question.
>>> In the EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST i have the IP addresses of S1 and S2.
>>> Are addr-broadcast-address-of-subnet1, ... equal to these IPs?
>> They're different.
>> On a Linux computer, check /sbin/ifconfig. On Windows, check ipconfig.
>> Look for the IP address, the net mask, and the broadcast address listed in
>> there.
>>
>> Your IP addresses might be something like
>>
>> S1=123.45.10.1
>> S2=123.45.20.1
>>
>> If your net masks are 255.255.255.0, their subnets would be
>>
>> Subnet where S1 resides=123.45.10.0
>> Subnet where S2 resides=123.45.20.0
>>
>> and the associated broadcast addresses would be
>>
>> Broadcast for S1's subnet=123.45.10.255
>> Broadcast for S2's subnet=123.45.20.255
>>
>>
>> Why you would use the IP addresses
>>    export EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST="123.45.10.1 123.45.20.1"
>> respectively
>>    org.csstudio.platform.libs.epics/addr_list=123.45.10.1 123.45.20.1
>> ?
>>
>> IP addresses will work through most routers, and you get PVs from just
>> those IOCs, in case you have the same PVs on multiple IOCs.
>> You should not have the same channel name on multiple IOCs in the first
>> place, so that's not a good reason to list individual IOC IP addresses.
>>
>> So this might look like the easiest way to get going, but broadcast
>> addresses are better in the long run, i.e.
>>    export EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST="123.45.10.255 123.45.20.255"
>> respectively
>>    org.csstudio.platform.libs.epics/addr_list=123.45.10.255 123.45.20.255
>>
>> In the real world, you don't have 2 IOCs. You might have 500, and you
>> can't list the IP address of each single IOC.
>> Even if you only have 5 IOCs. One day you'll add one more. Do you then
>> want to track down every CA client and update its CA address list?
>> And if you run more than one IOC on the same computer, you MUST use
>> broadcast addresses, because otherwise you will only see the PVs from the
>> IOC that was started _last_, see again
>> https://wiki-ext.aps.anl.gov/epics/index.php/How_to_Configure_Channel_Access
>> The only downside: You may need to configure the affected routers to pass
>> those broadcasts.
>>
>> ===> In the real world, your clients will eventually either use broadcast
>> addresses, or the single IP address of a CA gateway (and that gateway then
>> uses broadcast addresses).
>>
>> -Kay
>>
>>
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