Re: Timed Execution

[Maren Purves <m.purves@jach.hawaii.edu>]

Kay-Uwe Kasemir wrote:
> On Mar 19, 2007, at 17:12 , David Dudley wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to:
> >
> > 1. Set a particular database block to scan at a specific time?
>
>
> Hi Dave:
>
> There is no simple building block like a "run-at" record.
> I had a similar question some time ago,
> and when you search tech-talk, you might still find the answers.
> Things one can do:
>
> 1) run a 'cron' job on the host that basically performs a 'caput'
>    to some PV which then triggers stuff.
>    Trivial to set up, but then you depend on the host to trigger
>    the IOC.

you can also run a cron job (spawn a process) on the IOC
(we do that on some of ours).

Aloha,
Maren