Re: Finding the PV for a specific device?

["Peterson, Kevin M. via Tech-talk" <tech-talk@aps.anl.gov>]

Emma,

Which model of Ensemble controller are you using?

You'll need to enable ASCII communication using the Ensemble 
Configuration Manager before the controller can talk to EPICS.  This is 
documented in a place where no one is likely to find it:

https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAerotech/blob/9abae6420d0e7df2a7369105f577cc5f783e3a6b/aerotechApp/src/README#L73

Kevin

On 1/6/20 11:18 AM, Emma-Elizabeth Cating-Subramanian via Tech-talk wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm just starting to use EPICS and am running into a bit of an issue. 
> I've got an Aerotech Ensemble stage connected to my computer via 
> ethernet. I want to be able to interface with it through EPICS. How do I 
> find out what the PV is that I need to give to EPICS? Does EPICS just 
> search for ethernet devices and assign PVs? If so, how do I retrieve 
> that information?
> 
> I've asked this question of a few people now and no one has been able to 
> give me a useful answer, so perhaps I have been phrasing it incorrectly. 
> Maybe a better way is, if you connected a new Aerotech stage to your 
> computer, could you walk me through the steps you would take to make it 
> move using EPICS?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Emma Cating-Subramanian
> 
> Postdoctoral Researcher
> Kapteyn-Murnane group
> JILA
> CU Boulder