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Now the IOC can be started, either by running iocs/$ioc_name or preferably ./start_ioc $ioc_name to run the IOC under procServ.
Note: If the environmental variable EPICS_CA_MAX_ARRAY_BYTES is not defined in your environment, it is advised to set it to a higher value than the default one (16384 bytes) for both the client and the server. At DLS, it is set to 6000000 in all profiles.
Initial State
When MBF is started for the first time, or when the state file is deleted, the initial state of nearly all PVs is set to zero. Before trying to use the system the input and output compensation filters should be reset to passthrough and the control gains should be set to 1. The epics/initial-state script will perform this operation:
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