Can this PV be smaller?

[prjemian]

In NDFileHDF5.template : XMLFileName, does the NELM field need to be so large? It is defined as a 1MB. Perhaps a kB or two would be more than sufficient?

The MB size is causing problems when I try to record that PV value with PyEpics. See APS-2BM-MIC/ipython-user2bmb#13

[MarkRivers]

The PV was made that large to be able to directly write the XML layout using Channel Access. I agree it is too large a default. I have changed it to be controlled by the macro XMLSIZE with a default of 2048. This default is set both in NDFileHDF.template (5ad2a68) and in EXAMPLE_commonPlugins.cmd (3765026). That first commit also changed ADDR and TIMEOUT to be macro parameters to be consistent with other plugin template files.

Users who require a larger value will need to change their commonPlugins.cmd or other startup script to set a larger value for XMLSIZE.

[MarkRivers]

Closed via 5ad2a68 and 3765026.

[prjemian]

Thanks!