Change the way to configure alias and description

Now, using an input file is possible to define alias and description
for the channels.

startup/configChannels.input

+CvtFldCtrl,Cavity Field Ctrl
+Refer,Reference
+Cvt1Fwd,Cavity 1 Fwd
+Cvt1Rfl,Cavity 1 Rflct
+Cvt2Fwd,Cavity 2 Fwd
+Cvt2Rfl,Cavity 2 Rflct
+PwrAmpFwd,PowerAmp Fwd

startup/configChannels.sh

-function usage() {
-    echo "usage: configChannels.sh"
-    echo "-a    channel number - amplifier power"
-    echo "-c    channel number - cavity power"
-    echo "-n    digitiser instance - as integer starting from 1"
-    echo "-p    channel number - preamplifier power"
-    echo "-h    help"
-}
-
-options=":a:c:n:p:h"
-while getopts "${options}" opts; do
-    case "${opts}" in
-        h) usage                    ;;
-        a) chAmp=${OPTARG}          ;;
-        c) chCav=${OPTARG}          ;;
-        n) iNum=${OPTARG}           ;; 
-        p) chPreAmp=${OPTARG}       ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
-    echo "Script requires at least input of digitiser instance and a channel number"
-    usage
+#!/bin/bash
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "usage: configChannels.sh <digitiser instance> <config input file>"
+    echo "There is an example for config input file: configChannels.input"
+    exit
 fi
 
+iNum=$1
+confFile=$2
+
 installPath=/iocs/sis8300llrf
+
 fPath=$installPath/config-aliasing$iNum.iocsh
+fPathDesc=$installPath/config-desc$iNum.iocsh
 # Populate IOC snippet for alias values
 if [ -f $fPath ]; then
     rm $fPath
 fi
 
+if [ -f $fPathDesc ]; then
+    rm $fPathDesc
+fi
+
 # Populate iocsh snippet containing alias definitions.
 echo "# Alias definitions for digitiser card number $iNum" > $fPath
 template0="dbLoadRecords(\$(E3_CMD_TOP)/alias.template, \"O=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:AI"
-if [ ${#chAmp} -gt 0 ]; then
-    echo "$template0$chAmp, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME:AmpPow\")" >> $fPath
-    echo "$template0$chAmp-ATT, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME:AmpPow-ATT\")" >> $fPath
-    echo "$template0$chAmp-ATT-RBV, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME:AmpPow-ATT-RBV\")" >> $fPath
-fi
+template1="dbLoadRecords(\$(E3_CMD_TOP)/desc.template, "
+
+
+i=0
+cat $confFile | while read line
+do
+    pv_name=$(echo $line | cut -f 1 -d ,)
+    desc=$(echo $line | cut -f 2 -d ,)
+
+    # set aliases
+    echo "$template0$i, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name\")" >> $fPath
+    echo "$template0$i-ATT, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name-ATT\")" >> $fPath
+    echo "$template0$i-ATT-RBV, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name-ATT-RBV\")" >> $fPath
+    echo "$template0$i-DECF, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name-DECF\")" >> $fPath
+    echo "$template0$i-DECF-RBV, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name-DECF-RBV\")" >> $fPath
+    echo "$template0$i-DECO, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name-DECO\")" >> $fPath
+    echo "$template0$i-DECO-RBV, A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name-DECO-RBV\")" >> $fPath
+
+    # set descriptions
+    echo "$template1\"A=$LLRF_IOC_NAME$iNum:$pv_name, D=$desc\")" >> $fPathDesc
+
+    i=$(($i+1))
+done
+
+

startup/deployStartup.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ if [ ${#slots_fpga} -lt 1 ] ; then
   snippet="epicsEnvSet(\"LLRF_PREFIX\"     \"$LLRF_IOC_NAME\" ) \\\n \
 epicsEnvSet(\"LLRF_SLOT\"       \"<slot>\"    ) \\\n \
 iocshLoad $\(E3_CMD_TOP\)\/llrf.iocsh \\\n \
-iocshLoad $\(E3_CMD_TOP\)\/config-aliasing1.iocsh \\\n"
+iocshLoad $\(E3_CMD_TOP\)\/config-aliasing1.iocsh \\\n \ 
+iocshLoad $\(E3_CMD_TOP\)\/config-desc1.iocsh \\\n"
   echo "snippet = $snippet"
   eval "sed -e $'s/<snippet>/$snippet/g' < $EPICS_SRC/e3-sis8300llrf/startup/llrf_template.cmd  > $siteApp/llrf.cmd" 
 else
@@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ else
 epicsEnvSet(\"LLRF_PREFIX\"     \"$LLRF_IOC_NAME$i\" ) \\\n \
 epicsEnvSet(\"LLRF_SLOT\"       \"$slot_fpga\"    ) \\\n \
 iocshLoad $\(E3_CMD_TOP\)\/llrf.iocsh \\\n \
-iocshLoad $\(E3_CMD_TOP\)\/config-aliasing$i.iocsh \\\n"
+iocshLoad $\(E3_CMD_TOP\)\/config-aliasing$i.iocsh \\\n \
+iocshLoad $\(E3_CMD_TOP\)\/config-desc$i.iocsh \\\n"
     i=$(($i+1))
   done
     #Populate digitiser slot and IOC Name in startup script.
@@ -56,3 +58,6 @@ fi
 
 # Alias template
 cp $EPICS_SRC/e3-sis8300llrf/startup/alias.template $siteApp/alias.template
+
+# Description template
+cp $EPICS_SRC/e3-sis8300llrf/startup/desc.template $siteApp/desc.template

startup/desc.template

+record("*", "$(A)"){
+    field(DESC, "$(D)")
+}