Also, ip has support for the Eurotherm 2000 series El-Bisync protocol.
We're currently using the Eurotherm2k.db database to communicate with a
2400 series Eurotherm controller.
Link to EPICS hardware support page:
http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/modules/manufacturer.php#Eurotherm
Many thanks,
Tom Cobb,
Diamond Light Source Ltd.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Rivers
> Sent: 17 May 2008 21:24
> To: David Maden; Steve Lewis
> Cc: Keith Kishiyama; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Looking for support for Eurotherm 2404 PID
>
> Steve,
>
> I just looked at the Eurotherm online documentation. The
> 2416 and 2404 can each be ordered with several different
> communications protocols (Modbus, El-Bisync). It is encoded
> in the part number (YM=2-wire RS485 Modbus, etc.).
>
> Looking at the Modbus manual for the 2400 series:
>
> http://www.eurotherm.com.au/control/product/comms/2000_mb_m_ha
026230_2.pdf
>
> it looks like my Modbus driver should work. You just need to
> define the register addresses for each function in your database.
>
> Mark
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: [email protected] on behalf of David Maden
> Sent: Sat 5/17/2008 10:43 AM
> To: Steve Lewis
> Cc: Keith Kishiyama; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Looking for support for Eurotherm 2404 PID
>
>
>
> Steve Lewis wrote:
> > The Eurotherm 2404 PID is a temperature controller that uses the
> > Modbus protocol over a serial . Does anyone have a
> streamdevice/asyn
> > protocol or any other device/driver support for it?
>
> We are controlling a couple of furnaces via a Eurotherm 2416
> with RS-232-C interface. I don't know if it uses the same
> protocol as the 2404 though, but our code might be a starting
> point for you.
>
> The protocol of the Eurotherm 2416 includes BCC checksums,
> which Dirk Zimoch's stream driver couldn't handle at the time
> I wrote the EPICS support. As a result, our code is flat
> EPICS database of soft records with an snl program calling
> functions to send and receive messages to the device via a
> pseudo-terminal VxWorks device driver.
>
> Regards, David
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