Re: Support for PI C863

[John Hammonds <JPHammonds@anl.gov>]

Peter,

I have driven the 563 from with the 562 driver code that is in the motor 
record.  It seemed to work OK but has not yet gone into full deployment 
on the beamline.  (i.e. No rigorous testing).

John

Ron Sluiter wrote:
> Hello Peter,
>
> My experience with PI motor controllers is that
> although different models are similar, they
> are not close enough to have one device driver
> support several models.
>
> My opinion is that it is not likely that the
> C-862 driver will support the C-863, but the
> only way to know for sure is to try it.
>
> If you do try it, let me know the results.
>
> Ron
>
> peter.leicester@diamond.ac.uk wrote:
> >  
> > I have a PI C-863 Mercury motor controller 
> > http://www.physikinstrumente.com/en/products/prdetail.php?sortnr=900605 
> > that I would like to control from epics.
> >  
> > I notice the motor record support includes a bunch of drvPIC862 
> > files. Does anyone know if this will drive the C-863? The 862 was 
> > replaced by the 863, is there much/any difference?  
> > Pete
> >  
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John Hammonds
Beamline Controls and Data Acquisition Group
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