Users’ Guide

• Introduction
  • About
  • Overview
  • Acknowledgements
  • Copying and Distribution
  • Note on Versions
• Download and Installation
  • Prerequisites
  • Download
  • Unpack
  • Configure and Build
  • Test
  • Use
  • Report Bugs
  • Contribute
• Tutorial
  • A First Example
  • Variables
  • Built-in PV Functions
  • A Complete Program
  • Adding a Second State Set
  • Variable Initialization and Entry Blocks
  • PV Names Using Program Parameters
  • Data Types
  • Arrays of Variables
  • Dynamic Assignment
  • Status of Process Variables
  • Synchronizing State Sets with Event Flags
  • Queuing Monitors
  • Asynchronous Use of pvGet
  • Asynchronous Use of pvPut
  • Connection Management
  • Multiple Instances and Reentrant Object Code
  • Process Variable Element Count
  • What’s Happening at Run Time
  • Safe Mode
  • Common Pitfalls and Misconceptions
• Compiling SNL Programs
  • The SNL to C Compiler
  • C Pre-processor
  • Complete Build
  • Building a Stand-alone Program
  • Using makeBaseApp
• Running SNL Programs
  • Command Syntax
  • Starting a Program
  • Program Parameters
  • Examining a Program
  • Shell Command Reference
• Escape to C Code
  • Preprocessor Directives
  • Defining C Functions within the Program
  • Calling PV Functions from C
  • Variable Modification for Reentrant Option
• SNL Reference for Version 2.2
  • Lexical Syntax
  • Program
  • Definitions
  • State Set
  • Statements and Expressions
  • Built-in Constants
  • Built-in Functions
  • Safe Mode
  • Foreign Variables and Functions
• Examples of SNL Programs
  • Entry and exit action example
  • Dynamic assignment example
  • Complex example
• Release Notes for Version 2.2
  • Release 2.2.9
  • Release 2.2.8
  • Release 2.2.7
  • Release 2.2.6
  • Release 2.2.5
  • Release 2.2.4
  • Release 2.2.3
  • Release 2.2.2
  • Release 2.2.1
• Known Problems
  • Known Problems in Release 2.2.7
  • Known Problems in Release 2.2.6
  • Known Problems in Release 2.2.5
  • Known Problems in Release 2.2.4
  • Known Problems in Release 2.2.3
  • Known Problems in Release 2.2.2
  • Known Problems in Release 2.2.1
• Plans for the Future
• Glossary of Terms

• Index