evtime.c

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/*************************************************************************\
* Copyright (c) 2002 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
*     National Laboratory.
* Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as
*     Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
* EPICS BASE Versions 3.13.7
* and higher are distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
* in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution.
\*************************************************************************/

#include <stdio.h>

#include "dbDefs.h"
#include "epicsTime.h"
#include "cadef.h"

void event_handler (struct event_handler_args args);
int evtime (char *pname);

static unsigned     iteration_count;
static epicsUInt32  last_time;

#ifndef iocCore
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        char    *pname;

        if(argc == 2){
                pname = argv[1];
                evtime(pname);
        }
        else{
                printf("usage: %s <channel name>", argv[0]);
        }
    return(0);
}
#endif

/*
 * evtime()
 */
int evtime(char *pname)
{
    chid    chan;
    int     status;

    status = ca_search(pname,  &chan);
    SEVCHK(status, NULL);

    status = ca_pend_io(10.0);
    if(status != ECA_NORMAL){
        printf("%s not found\n", pname);
        return 0;
    }

    status = ca_add_event(
            DBR_FLOAT,
            chan,
            event_handler,
            NULL,
            NULL);
    SEVCHK(status, __FILE__);

    status = ca_pend_event(0.0);
    SEVCHK(status, NULL);
}


/*
 * event_handler()
 *
 */
void event_handler(struct event_handler_args args)
{
    epicsUInt32     current_time;
#   define          COUNT   0x8000
    double          interval;
    double          delay;
    epicsTimeStamp  ts;

    if(iteration_count%COUNT == 0){
        epicsTimeGetCurrent(&ts);
        current_time = ts.secPastEpoch;
        if(last_time != 0){
            interval = current_time - last_time;
            delay = interval/COUNT;
            printf("Delay = %f sec per event\n",
                delay);
        }
        last_time = current_time;
    }

    iteration_count++;
}