/** * @file EPICSCAOutput.h * @brief Header file for class EPICSCAOutput * @date 20/04/2017 * @author Andre Neto * * @copyright Copyright 2015 F4E | European Joint Undertaking for ITER and * the Development of Fusion Energy ('Fusion for Energy'). * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.1 or - as soon they will be approved * by the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "Licence") * You may not use this work except in compliance with the Licence. * You may obtain a copy of the Licence at: http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/eupl * * @warning Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the Licence is distributed on an "AS IS" * basis, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express * or implied. See the Licence permissions and limitations under the Licence. * @details This header file contains the declaration of the class EPICSCAOutput * with all of its public, protected and private members. It may also include * definitions for inline methods which need to be visible to the compiler. */ #ifndef JAEPICSCAOutput_H_ #define JAEPICSCAOutput_H_ /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Standard header includes */ /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #include /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Project header includes */ /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #include "DataSourceI.h" #include "JAEPICSCAInput.h" #include "EmbeddedServiceMethodBinderI.h" #include "EventSem.h" #include "SingleThreadService.h" /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Class declaration */ /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ namespace MARTe { //Maximum size that a PV name may have /** * @brief A DataSource which allows to output data into any number of PVs using the EPICS channel access client protocol. * Data is asynchronously ca_put in the context of a different thread (w.r.t. to the real-time thread). * * The configuration syntax is (names are only given as an example): * *
 * +EPICSCAOutput_1 = {
 *     Class = EPICSCA::EPICSCAOutput
 *     StackSize = 1048576 //Optional the EmbeddedThread stack size. Default value is THREADS_DEFAULT_STACKSIZE * 4u
 *     CPUs = 0xff //Optional the affinity of the EmbeddedThread (where the EPICS context is attached).
 *     IgnoreBufferOverrun = 1 //Optional. If true no error will be triggered when the thread that writes into EPICS does not consume the data fast enough.
 *     NumberOfBuffers = 10 //Compulsory. Number of buffers in a circular buffer that asynchronously writes the PV values. Each buffer is capable of holding a copy of all the DataSourceI signals.
 *     Signals = {
 *          PV1 = { //At least one shall be defined
 *             PVName = My::PV1 //Compulsory. Name of the PV.
 *             Type = uint32 //Compulsory. Supported types are char8[40], string[40], uint8, int8, uint16, int16, int32, uint32, float32 and float64
 *          }
 *          ...
 *     }
 * }
 *
 * 
*/ class JAEPICSCAOutput: public DataSourceI { public: CLASS_REGISTER_DECLARATION() /** * @brief Default constructor. NOOP. */ JAEPICSCAOutput(); /** * @brief Destructor. * @details TODO. */ virtual ~JAEPICSCAOutput(); /** * @brief See DataSourceI::AllocateMemory. NOOP. * @return true. */ virtual bool AllocateMemory(); /** * @brief See DataSourceI::GetNumberOfMemoryBuffers. * @return 1. */ virtual uint32 GetNumberOfMemoryBuffers(); /** * @brief See DataSourceI::GetSignalMemoryBuffer. * @pre * SetConfiguredDatabase */ virtual bool GetSignalMemoryBuffer(const uint32 signalIdx, const uint32 bufferIdx, void *&signalAddress); /** * @brief See DataSourceI::GetNumberOfMemoryBuffers. * @details Only OutputSignals are supported. * @return MemoryMapAsyncOutputBroker. */ virtual const char8 *GetBrokerName(StructuredDataI &data, const SignalDirection direction); /** * @brief See DataSourceI::GetInputBrokers. * @return false. */ virtual bool GetInputBrokers(ReferenceContainer &inputBrokers, const char8* const functionName, void * const gamMemPtr); /** * @brief See DataSourceI::GetOutputBrokers. * @details adds a memory MemoryMapOutputBroker instance to the outputBrokers * @return true. */ virtual bool GetOutputBrokers(ReferenceContainer &outputBrokers, const char8* const functionName, void * const gamMemPtr); /** * @brief See DataSourceI::PrepareNextState. NOOP. * @return true. */ virtual bool PrepareNextState(const char8 * const currentStateName, const char8 * const nextStateName); /** * @brief Loads and verifies the configuration parameters detailed in the class description. * @return true if all the mandatory parameters are correctly specified and if the specified optional parameters have valid values. */ virtual bool Initialise(StructuredDataI & data); /** * @brief Final verification of all the parameters. Setup of the memory required to hold all the signals. * @details This method verifies that all the parameters requested by the GAMs interacting with this DataSource * are valid and consistent with the parameters set during the initialisation phase. * In particular the following conditions shall be met: * - All the signals have the PVName defined * - All the signals have one of the following types: uint32, int32, float32 or float64. * @return true if all the parameters are valid and the conditions above are met. */ virtual bool SetConfiguredDatabase(StructuredDataI & data); /** * @brief Gets the affinity of the thread which is going to be used to asynchronously write data with ca_put. * @return the affinity of the thread which is going to be used to asynchronously write data with ca_put. */ uint32 GetCPUMask() const; /** * @brief Gets the stack size of the thread which is going to be used to asynchronously write data with ca_put. * @return the stack size of the thread which is going to be used to asynchronously write data with ca_put. */ uint32 GetStackSize() const; /** * @brief Gets the number of buffers in the circular buffer that asynchronously writes the PV values. * @return the number of buffers in the circular buffer that asynchronously writes the PV values. */ uint32 GetNumberOfBuffers() const; /** * @brief Provides the context to execute all the EPICS ca_put calls. * @details Executes in the context of the MemoryMapAsyncOutputBroker thread the following EPICS calls: * ca_context_create, ca_create_channel, ca_create_subscription, ca_clear_subscription, * ca_clear_event, ca_clear_channel, ca_detach_context and ca_context_destroy * @return true if all the EPICS calls return without any error. */ virtual bool Synchronise(); /** * @brief Gets if buffer overruns is being ignored (i.e. the consumer thread which writes into EPICS is not consuming the data fast enough). * @return if true no error is to be triggered when there is a buffer overrun. */ bool IsIgnoringBufferOverrun() const; private: /** * List of PVs. */ PVWrapper *pvs; /** * The CPU mask for the executor */ uint32 cpuMask; /** * The stack size */ uint32 stackSize; /** * Stores the configuration information received at Initialise. */ ConfigurationDatabase originalSignalInformation; /** * The number of buffers for the circular buffer that flushes data into EPICS */ uint32 numberOfBuffers; /** * True once the epics thread context is set */ bool threadContextSet; /** * If true no error will be triggered when the data cannot be consumed by the thread doing the caputs. */ uint32 ignoreBufferOverrun; }; } /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ /* Inline method definitions */ /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ #endif /* EPICSCADATASOURCE_H_ */