Allow "status" and "severity" on In record init

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Versioning <https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html>`_.
 Unreleased_
 -----------
 
+- `Allow "status" and "severity" on In record init <../../pull/111>`_
+
 4.1.0_ - 2022-08-05
 -------------------
 

docs/reference/api.rst

@@ -165,6 +165,19 @@ Test Facilities`_ documentation for more details of each function.
 
     This is used to specify an initial value for each record.
 
+    .. _status and severity:
+
+    `status and severity`
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Only available on IN records. These can be used with the alarm value enums
+    from `softioc.alarm` to set the initial alarm state of a record.
+
+    .. note::
+
+        By default the builder module sets ``PINI`` to ``YES``, which means the
+        record will process at initialization and the alarm status will be reset.
+
     .. _on_update:
 
     `on_update`
@@ -243,8 +256,6 @@ Test Facilities`_ documentation for more details of each function.
     .. seealso::
         `SetBlocking` for configuring a global default blocking value
 
-
-
 For all of these functions any EPICS database field can be assigned a value by
 passing it as a keyword argument for the corresponding field name (in upper
 case) or by assigning to the corresponding field of the returned record object.

softioc/builder.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import numpy
+
 from .softioc import dbLoadDatabase
 
 from epicsdbbuilder import *
@@ -24,10 +25,17 @@ def _set_in_defaults(fields):
     fields.setdefault('SCAN', 'I/O Intr')
     fields.setdefault('PINI', 'YES')
     fields.setdefault('DISP', 1)
+    _set_alarm(fields)
 
 def _set_out_defaults(fields):
     fields.setdefault('OMSL', 'supervisory')
 
+def _set_alarm(fields):
+    if "status" in fields:
+        fields['STAT'] = _statStrings[fields.pop('status')]
+    if "severity" in fields:
+        fields['SEVR'] = _severityStrings[fields.pop('severity')]
+
 # For longout and ao we want DRV{L,H} to match {L,H}OPR by default
 def _set_scalar_out_defaults(fields, DRVL, DRVH):
     fields['DRVL'] = DRVL
@@ -76,6 +84,11 @@ def longOut(name, DRVL=None, DRVH=None, EGU=None, **fields):
 # All the severity strings supported by <prefix>SV
 _severityStrings = ['NO_ALARM', 'MINOR', 'MAJOR', 'INVALID']
 
+_statStrings = [
+    'NO_ALARM', 'READ', 'WRITE', 'HIHI', 'HIGH', 'LOLO', 'LOW', 'STATE', 'COS',
+    'COMM',  'TIMEOUT', 'HWLIMIT', 'CALC', 'SCAN', 'LINK', 'SOFT', 'BAD_SUB',
+    'UDF', 'DISABLE',  'SIMM', 'READ_ACCESS', 'WRITE_ACCESS']
+
 # Converts a list of (option [,severity]) values or tuples into field settings
 # suitable for mbbi and mbbo records.
 def _process_mbb_values(options, fields):

tests/test_records.py

@@ -17,13 +17,23 @@
 )
 
 from softioc import asyncio_dispatcher, builder, softioc
+from softioc import alarm
 from softioc.device import SetBlocking
 
 # Test file for miscellaneous tests related to records
 
 # Test parameters
 DEVICE_NAME = "RECORD-TESTS"
 
+in_records = [
+    builder.aIn,
+    builder.boolIn,
+    builder.longIn,
+    builder.mbbIn,
+    builder.stringIn,
+    builder.WaveformIn,
+]
+
 def test_records(tmp_path):
     # Ensure we definitely unload all records that may be hanging over from
     # previous tests, then create exactly one instance of expected records.
@@ -60,32 +70,18 @@ def test_enum_length_restriction():
             "seventeen",
         )
 
-
-def test_DISP_defaults_on():
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("creation_func", in_records)
+def test_DISP_defaults_on(creation_func):
     """Test that all IN record types have DISP=1 set by default"""
-    in_records = [
-        builder.aIn,
-        builder.boolIn,
-        builder.longIn,
-        builder.mbbIn,
-        builder.stringIn,
-        builder.WaveformIn,
-    ]
-
-    record_counter = 0
+    kwargs = {}
 
-    for creation_func in in_records:
-        kwargs = {}
-        record_counter += 1
-        record_name = "DISP" + str(record_counter)
+    if creation_func == builder.WaveformIn:
+        kwargs = {"length": 1}
 
-        if creation_func == builder.WaveformIn:
-            kwargs = {"length": 1}
+    record = creation_func("RECORD", **kwargs)
 
-        record = creation_func(record_name, **kwargs)
-
-        # Note: DISP attribute won't exist if field not specified
-        assert record.DISP.Value() == 1
+    # Note: DISP attribute won't exist if field not specified
+    assert record.DISP.Value() == 1
 
 
 def test_DISP_can_be_overridden():
@@ -183,6 +179,26 @@ def test_pini_always_on():
     mbbi = builder.mbbIn("BBB", initial_value=5)
     assert mbbi.PINI.Value() == "YES"
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("creation_func", in_records)
+def test_setting_alarm_in_records(creation_func):
+    """Test that In records can have a custom alarm value set using the "status"
+    and "severity" keywords"""
+    kwargs = {}
+    if creation_func == builder.WaveformIn:
+        kwargs["length"] = 1
+
+    record = creation_func(
+        "NEW_RECORD",
+        severity=alarm.MINOR_ALARM,
+        status=alarm.LOLO_ALARM,
+        **kwargs
+    )
+
+    assert record.STAT.Value() == "LOLO"
+    assert record.SEVR.Value() == "MINOR"
+
+
+
 def validate_fixture_names(params):
     """Provide nice names for the out_records fixture in TestValidate class"""
     return params[0].__name__