Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Ernest L. Williams Jr." <[email protected]> · Fri, 13 Dec 1996 14:13:04 -0600

Hi,

I am one of the APS beam line users responsible for beamline controls.    I am in the market for a nice GPIB
RS232/RS485 VME-based solution running under EPICS only.

For my application HIDEOS is too much overhead.  I think HIDEOS is an excellent system but its use, of course,
is application dependent.

I am currently using an IP carrier from SYSTRAN Corporation.  This carrier is much better than Green Springs
especially from a hardware and software perspective:

1.  Has 5-IP slots as opposed to 4
2.  Cost per IP slot is cheaper
3.  Reset IP cards on the fly with the reset register

There is a lot more, however, I'll just reference their home page (http://www.systran.com)

I am currently using an 8-channel DAC daughter card (i.e. DAC128V IP card) from Systran.  
I thought the DAC128V was supported under EPICS.  I found out later that only if you have HIDEOS.

The way that I am talking to my IP DAC is via the VME record developed by Mark Rivers (CARS-CAT).

So I am in dire need for a more permanent solution.

Is anyone using the GPIB 1014 by National Instruments under EPICS?  

Thanks,
Ernest L. Williams Jr.
MHATT-CAT
APS
(630) 252-0209

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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