MDrive firmware

[Steven Weigand via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

  I have a request for anyone using an old MDrive (from the IMS days, pre-Novanta, pre-Schneider, pre-MDrivePlus).

 

Problem:
I have old MDrives in use I am trying to convert to EPICS control.  However, firmware “V1.024 E” does not work with motorIms driver for MDrive (EM=2 does not work the same).  Firmware “V1.048 E” and “V1.071 E” work just fine, however I can not find the firmware upgrade file anywhere on the internet (even the internet archive which has the old IMS website only has pointers to MX1_017.zip and not the actual file).  Novanta does not have the firmware.

 

Request:

Does anyone have a firmware upgrade zip file lying around on some hard drive for an old MDrive?  MX1_017.zip seems to be the last before support was stopped.  

 

Steven Weigand

Advanced Photon Source Research Scientist

DND-CAT Synchrotron Research Center

Northwestern University

APS/ANL Building 432-A004

9700 South Cass Avenue

Argonne, Illinois 60439 USA

Ph. 630-252-0623 Fx. 630-252-0226

weigansj at northwestern.edu