diff --git a/documentation/motorRecord.html b/documentation/motorRecord.html index 4b2a9895..7dfb9aa3 100644 --- a/documentation/motorRecord.html +++ b/documentation/motorRecord.html @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ - + Motor Record and related software @@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ -

Overview

This documentation describes version 5.8 of the EPICS motor +

Overview

This documentation describes version 5.9 of the EPICS motor record, and related EPICS software required to build and use it.  Version -5.8 of the motor record is compatible with EPICS base R3.14.8.2 and above. +5.9 of the motor record is compatible with EPICS base R3.14.8.2 and above.

The motor record is intended to support motors of all kinds, but currently supports only the following variety of motor controllers (in addition to Soft @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Channel support):

The record maintains two coordinate systems for motor position ("user" and "dial " coordinates); displays drive and readback values; enforces limits to motor diff --git a/documentation/motor_release.html b/documentation/motor_release.html index b367509a..4ae29671 100644 --- a/documentation/motor_release.html +++ b/documentation/motor_release.html @@ -5,12 +5,110 @@ - EPICS Motor Record Release R5.8 Notice + EPICS Motor Record Release R5.9 Notice + +
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Motor Record Version 5.9 Release Notice

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+Requirements
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+EPICS base R3.14.8.2 or greater.  See the "Required Modules" section of the +Motor Record web page for details.
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Modifications to Existing Features

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+ Soft Motor allocation limit +

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+ Peter Denison (Diamond Light Source) enhanced the Soft Channel device support by + eliminating the 50 soft motor limit and replacing it with an unlimited linked list. +

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New Features

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+ All motors done/stop/moving utility +

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+ Kevin Peterson's (UNI-CAT) motorUtil task was added to the motor record + distribution. The motorUtil task monitors and maintains 3 PV's; $(P)alldone, $(P)allstop, + $(P)moving. motorUtil is a replacement for the all_com_##.db distributed with + the STD support module. See the motorUtil.db file for details. +

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+ Asyn Motor +

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+ Peter Denison (Diamond), Nick Rees (Diamond) and Mark Rivers (APS) have added a + new motor record device support architecture based on ASYN; called "asyn motor" + support. The asyn motor support is an attempt to define a clean, extensible + API for motor controller drivers to support. This is a preliminary release + of work in progress. Do not use asynMotor device support at this time, except + for development and testing purposes only. +

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+ New Focus 8750 Network Controller +

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+ Joe Sullivan added support for the New Focus Model 8750 Network Controller. +

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+ Physik Instrumente (PI) E-662 piezo controller +

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+ Joe Sullivan added support for the Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. Model E-662 + piezo controller. +

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+ Newport XPS-C8 asyn motor support +

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+ Mark Rivers added asyn motor support for the Newport XPS-C8 motor controller. + This is a preliminary release of work in progress. However, it has fewer + problems than the previous XPS support, so we recommend using the new asyn + support for the XPS, with the understanding that it is still under development. +

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+ Trajectory Scanning +

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+ Mark Rivers added the Trajectory Scanning software for both the Newport MM4005 + and XPS-C8 motor controllers to the motor record distribution. +

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+ OMS PC68 and PC78 support +

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+ Brian Tieman and Ron Sluiter added support for the standalone, RS-232 versions + of the OMS PC68 and PC78 model controllers. The same device driver (OMS PC68/78) + supports both models. +

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Motor Record Version 5.8 Release Notice