Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Mark Rivers <[email protected]> · Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:31:34 +0000

Hi Andy,

> I have modified st.cmd.xps but haven't been able to connect and control the motors.

I assume you mean the st.cmd.xps in the motor/iocBoot/iocWithAsyn directory?

Sorry, there really should be some more documentation there.  The files st.cmd.xps, st.cmd.xps3, and st.cmd.xps4 are for the older "model 2" version of the XPS driver.  I do not recommend using that, you should use the new "model 3" version of the XPS driver.  The example startup script for that is st.cmd.xps5.

If you have troubles with that example then please send the complete output when you try to run the IOC as follows:

iocWithAsyn> ../../bin/linux-x86_64/WithAsyn st.cmd.xps5

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kiss, Andrew Michael
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 3:18 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: Setting up Newport XPS-C on Windows 7

Good afternoon,

I was hoping to use EPICS to control motors through a Newport XPS-C and receive data from an Andor Zyla detector. I have Windows 7 installed with EPICS 3.14.12.4 and synApps 5.7 (motor6-8) but I have been unable to figure out how to connect to my XPS. I have modified st.cmd.xps but haven't been able to connect and control the motors. Is there some sort of tutorial that I have missed online that would be helpful? Right now I'm just looking to connect and maybe move an XYZ stage before moving onto the more complicated trajectory scans that I see tutorials for online.

Thank you,
Andy

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System