VI for Eurotherm 900EPC termocontroler

[buluk]

hi,
I am looking for a vi to communicate to a eurotherm
temperature-controler 900EPC.
The VI is to communicate with the controler via RS232 port.

do you have amy suggestions

thanks
martin

[Ryan_M]

I would suggest contancting Eurotherm to see if they have any developed applications for use with their controllers or checking http://zone.ni.com/idnet/default.htm for instrument drivers released by National Instruments or resources for developing your own instrument driver. I was able to find code at the above link for the 80 and 847. It may be a simple task to edit these for you instrument.

[Casper]

I am searching for a eurotherm 900EPC vi, too. I wasn't lucky yet. Not on the eurotherm homepage nor on the ni.com.

Is there someone in this forum who can help?

Thankz in advance,
c.

[thehobbs]

Hi Casper,
The Eurotherm 900EPC is listed as Level 3 Obsolescence. NI is currently working with Eurotherm to provide LabVIEW drivers for newer controllers, like the 2000 and 3000 series. You might be able to use some VIs from the 2000 series certified driver:
http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niid_web_display.download_page?p_id_guid=E3B19B3E971F659CE034080020E74861

Non-certified VIs for the 800 series can be found here:
http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niid_web_display.download_page?p_id_guid=E3B19B3E90E4659CE034080020E74861

You will need to research the different command sets to determine if you will be able to reuse any of the VIs or if you will be able to easily modify them.

Other than that, here are a couple of pages on Eurotherm's site that might be helpful:
http://www.eurotherm.com/comms/instcom.htm
http://www.eurotherm.com/products/controllers/2400_doc.htm

I know this is not exactly what you are looking for, but I hope it helps.

Actually, I just searched Google and found the a set of drivers for the 900 EPC available for purchase:
http://www.vimarket.com/productpage.php3?product_id=110


Jason Hobbs
Instrument Drivers

[Casper]

Thanks Jason,

of course I have checked google and eurotherm.com in advance to my posting here. I do have the 900EPC handbook and the digital communication book. But those are only helpful if you already established a communication to the device. I already downloaded the "uncertified" 808 driver and this driver is the basis for my own driver (which is finally working).

I am a student, and I don't want to spend money to buy a driver.

But hello, I finally found the error on my communication. Labview insisted on transmitting a float with a "," instead of a "." and my 900EPC could not work with the ",". As soon as I changed this by string manipulation the communication worked fine. This is NOT mentioned in the digital communications handbook provided by eurotherm...

But thanks for your tips! I really appreciate!

c.

Btw: what is "level 3 obsolete"?

[thehobbs]

That's good news Casper. I think level 3 obsolete just means that Eurotherm is not selling that instrument anymore (and they might not be supporting it). Other users have requested connectivity between LabVIEW and this particular Eurotherm model. I would like to share your code with the rest of the LabVIEW community if you are interested. If so, you can submit it through our Instrument Driver Network at:
http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niid_web_display.sub_driver

Thanks,
Jason

[Tommie]

hello

can someone tell me the way to see the e-mail adres of casper or martin?

i have some questions about there program so i would like to mail them.

if one of u read this please mail me at:

tjgoossens@hotmail.com

or tjgoossens@student.han.nl

thnx

[Primous]

Hello,

I also have problems with communication with th epc 900 via rs-232. Anyone has Caspers email?

[Lnoskin]

I'm sorry, I know it's been years since you've looked at this. I am also looking for this driver and I understand you probably put many hours into making it functional, so it would be great if you could share your hard work with me.

Thanks!