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| Subject: | Re: COMMUNICATION between EPICS and the Allen Bradley SLC 500 |
| From: | Marty Kraimer <[email protected]> |
| To: | "Stephanie Allison (415)926-4534" <[email protected]> |
| Cc: | [email protected] |
| Date: | Fri, 30 Aug 1996 13:17:01 -0500 |
Stephanie Allison (415)926-4534 wrote: > > >* The Equipment Protection System (EPS) Status will be sent to EPICS via a > >6008-SV1R VME Allen Bradley Remote I/O Scanner. The scanner (i.e. a > >6008-SV1R) actually talks to the SLC 500 remote I/O via a Direct > >Communications Module (i.e. a 1747-DCM). > > The communication between the PEP-II high voltage power supply system and > our RF EPICS system will be done in exactly the same manner. We also use > the 16 bit binary device support and set up the the database using the > same formula as you. In addition to binaries, we had the need to send and > receive analog values from HVPS so we developed devABANALOG.c (very similar > to devABBINARY.c) which provide device support for longins/outs and > analogins/outs and assumes 16 bit raw values. > > This could be added to the standard distribution if anyone is interested. We have a simliar need at APS and I was going to get ready to add the support. Please send me your device support code (E-mail is OK). I will add the support to 3.13. Since AB PLC5s support IEEE float I will also add support for passing this. Marty