Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Dirk Zimoch <[email protected]> · Thu, 26 Jan 2017 10:01:02 +0100

I quickly checked the code and found the following limitations:

1. The driver uses vxWorks functions instead of EPICS OSI functions.

2. The configure function can only be called from the vxWorks shell, not

from iocsh.

3. The Makefile uses the PSI build system and is not compatible with the

standard EPICS build system. You would have to write your own Makefile.

4. Parts of the code are under copyright by Tews (basically ioctl, isr

and init). Publishing it may be illegal. I don't know if the source was

under some license. The original files are on a Floppy which I cannot

read any more. At least the original Tews driver documentation

explicitly forbids unauthorized reproduction of the documentation. The

files themselves claim:

Copyright (c) 1996
Tews Datentechnik GmbH

Maybe if you can convincingly assure that you have already a copy of the

original Tews "TIP866 VxWorks Device Driver", I can give you my EPICS

enabled version (basically a configure function which call some drvIpac

and asyn functions).

Dirk

On 26.01.2017 09:15, Dirk Zimoch wrote:

On 25.01.2017 18:11, Gary Croke wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone have a driver for the TEWS TIP866 (or TIP865) serial IP
module?

Thanks,

Gary

Hi Gary,
I have one. I will put it on github...

Dirk

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System