Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System
Emma,
Which model of Ensemble controller are you using?
You'll need to enable ASCII communication using the Ensemble
Configuration Manager before the controller can talk to EPICS. This is
documented in a place where no one is likely to find it:
https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAerotech/blob/9abae6420d0e7df2a7369105f577cc5f783e3a6b/aerotechApp/src/README#L73
Kevin
On 1/6/20 11:18 AM, Emma-Elizabeth Cating-Subramanian via Tech-talk wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm just starting to use EPICS and am running into a bit of an issue.
> I've got an Aerotech Ensemble stage connected to my computer via
> ethernet. I want to be able to interface with it through EPICS. How do I
> find out what the PV is that I need to give to EPICS? Does EPICS just
> search for ethernet devices and assign PVs? If so, how do I retrieve
> that information?
>
> I've asked this question of a few people now and no one has been able to
> give me a useful answer, so perhaps I have been phrasing it incorrectly.
> Maybe a better way is, if you connected a new Aerotech stage to your
> computer, could you walk me through the steps you would take to make it
> move using EPICS?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emma Cating-Subramanian
>
> Postdoctoral Researcher
> Kapteyn-Murnane group
> JILA
> CU Boulder
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