Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Peterson, Kevin M. via Tech-talk" <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov> · Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:19:45 +0000

Mark,

There are two companies named ACS.

The web page for the ACS that makes the SPI-8 (as well as the MCB-4B and 
step-pak motor drivers) is here:

   http://www.acsmotion.com/ACS_Step-Pak_Catalog.htm

There is support for the MCB-4B, but NOT the SPI-8 in this driver repo:

   https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAcs

I'm not aware of any EPICS support for the SPI-8.

The web for the other company named ACS is here:

   https://www.acsmotioncontrol.com/

Support for legacy ACS Motion Control controllers is here:

   https://github.com/epics-motor/motorAcsTech80

Keenan Lang has developed some motor support for newer controllers from 
ACS Motion Control, but I don't remember where that repo is.  It hasn't 
been added to epics-motors yet.

Kevin

On 4/30/20 10:47 AM, Mark Vigder via Tech-talk wrote:
> Greetings
> 
> I haven't used EPICS for a while but am helping out a local facility get 
> a new system up and running using EPICS. They want to use The Advanced 
> Control System (ACS) motor control. The controller is the SPI-8 
> 8-channel Indexer/Controller Module. Is this supported by the Motor 
> record? There are a couple of motor drivers for ACS distributed with the 
> EPICS motor record; I assume if one is applicable it is the 
> motorAcsTech80. Will this work with the SPI-8 Indexer Module from ACS? 
> The last revision date on the manual they gave me is 2008 so they may be 
> using an old controller.
> 
> Thanks for any help
> Mark
> 
> Mark Vigder
> TVB Associates

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