caproto.server.PvpropertyChar

class caproto.server.PvpropertyChar(*, pvname, group, pvspec, doc=None, record=None, logger=None, **kwargs)

Read-write 8-bit CHAR data for pvproperty with string encoding.

Methods

auth_read(hostname, username, data_type, *)	Get DBR data and native data, converted to a specific type
auth_write(hostname, username, data, …[, …])	Data write hook for clients.
calculate_length(value)	Calculate the number of elements given a value
check_access(hostname, username)	This always returns AccessRights.READ|AccessRights.WRITE.
get_field(field)	Get a field by name.
is_compatible_array(value)	Check if the provided value is a compatible array.
post_state_change(state, new_value)	This is called by the server when it exits its StateUpdateContext.
pre_state_change(state, new_value)	This is called by the server when it enters its StateUpdateContext.
preprocess_value(value)	Pre-process values destined for verify_value and write
publish(flags)	Publish data to appropriate queues matching the SubscriptionSpec.
read(data_type)	The top-level read method, with a specific requested data type.
subscribe(queue, sub_spec, sub)	Subscribe a queue for the given subscription specification.
unsubscribe(queue, sub_spec)	Unsubscribe a queue for the given subscription specification.
update_fields(value)	This is a hook to update field instance data.
verify_value(value)	The top-level dbr-facing “write” method.
write(*args[, flags])	Write data from native Python types.
write_from_dbr(*args[, flags])	Write data from a provided DBR data type.
write_metadata([publish, units, precision, …])	Write metadata, optionally publishing information to clients.

Attributes

alarm	The ChannelAlarm associated with this data
data_type
epics_timestamp	EPICS timestamp as (seconds, nanoseconds) since EPICS epoch.
length	The number of elements (length) of the current value
long_string_max_length	The maximum number of elements (length) of the current value
max_length	The number of elements (length) of the current value
severity	Alarm severity
status	Alarm status
timestamp	UNIX timestamp in seconds.
value	Read-only access to value data