Re: Support for MKS Microvision2 RGA?

["Knap, Giles \(DLSLtd,RAL,DOD\) via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi Ralph,

Yes we still use that support module at DLS. It has not been actively maintained for 10 years but there have been a few bumps of dependencies and it still builds against those. 

I've pushed those latest internal updates (just changes to configure/RELEASE) to the github for consistency.

HTH,

giles

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From: Henrique F. Simoes <henrique.simoes at lnls.br>
Sent: 05 August 2026 19:16
To: Ralph Lange <ralph.lange at gmx.de>
Cc: Tech Talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>; Knap, Giles (DLSLtd,RAL,DOD) <giles.knap at diamond.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Support for MKS Microvision2 RGA?

 

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Hi, Ralph.

On Wed Aug 5, 2026 at 10:50 AM -03, Ralph Lange via Tech-talk wrote:
> Asking for a friend...

Answering on behalf of a friend as well... ;)

> The MKS Microvision 2 RGA, manuals e.g. here [1], was mentioned on
> Tech-Talk in 2016 by Dave Hickin. The Device Support he describes there
> seems to be available on GitHub under the Diamond org [2].

We at Sirius don't have an MKS Microvision 2 RGA, but rather an e-Vision
2. Fortunately, the Diamond's driver works mostly fine for our device.
We only needed to patch the initialization logic for analog input/output
as our device doesn't provide this feature [3].

By the way, we welcome any help on further validating the changes
proposed in the pull request.

[3] github.com/DiamondLightSource/rgamv2/pull/1

> Is that code still in use?

We are running the patched version in one of our beamlines under
commissioning since March. Everything seems to be working fine.

> Is there something else for this device?

I don't know.

> Who at Diamond would be a good contact person for questions?

Giles Knap answered us promptly in our PR at the time. I'm taking the
liberty to CC him.

I hope this helps.

--
Henrique F. Simões
Control Software Group (SwC)
Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS)
Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)

> Thanks a lot!
> ~Ralph
>
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