ENH: set the default pydm protocol to ca, the most-used protocol #173
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Description
PyDM has an environment variable,
PYDM_DEFAULT_PROTOCOL
, that allows you to set a default protocol to use.This PR sets the default protocol to
ca
(channel access (EPICS)), which is the most used protocol, allowing us to omit it when building out our screens. This also makes the conversion from edm to pydm smoother.Motivation and Context
When setting up a pydm channel, you're expected to provide a protocol in the form of a pseudo-url:
If, instead, you just use:
You'll get the following error:
How Has This Been Tested?
Setting this environment variable helped @patoppermann 's screen load properly (converted from edm)
Where Has This Been Documented?
n/a