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@kasemir kasemir commented Aug 12, 2025

Compared to Channel Access, PV Access lacks access permissions info.
A client like an operator display cannot show that a PV is read-only.
Users would only notice when writing and then receiving an error that a PV is actually read-only.
This is a proposal for a protocol update to be discussed with PVXS developers.

./serverdemo creates PVs "demo" (read-only) and "demo3" (writable).
A display with pva://demo and pva://demo3 will reflect write access or lack thereof:

Screenshot 2025-08-12 at 2 47 22 PM

@kasemir kasemir changed the title Pva acl PVA access permissions info Aug 12, 2025
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