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Author: FreddieAkeroyd

doc/iocs/creation/Create-Motor-IOC.md

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+# Creating a Motor IOC
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+Here we wll create a motor IOC from an exisiting IOC. Specifically create an ESP300 IOC using anotehr Newport IOC.
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+The motor is supported by teh newport module as per https://github.com/epics-motor/motorNewport and there are examples of usage in https://github.com/epics-motor/motorNewport/tree/master/iocs/newportIOC/iocBoot/iocNewport and https://github.com/epics-motor/motorNewport/tree/master/newportApp/iocsh that need to be compared. Driver support is built into the Newport module 
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+A search of `Newport` in our IOCS shows `CONEXAGP`  or `SMC100` as potential templates to follow. Unfortunately both of these are 
+model 3 motor drivers (they use asyn motor class and `asyn_motor.db`) whereas ESP300 is the older model 1 style (like MCLENNAN or LINMOT) so the Db files and syntax to call the driver will be more like mclennan/linmot (`motor.db`)
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+We will do a very basic implementation to start with as a proof of principle that it works
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+* make a copy of SMC100 ioc tree and rename to ESP300
+* analyse the examples above to see what commadns are neded to connect to the motor e.g. serial or etehrnet
+* change Db include from `asyn_motor.db` to `motor.db`
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doc/specific_iocs/Motors.md

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 | `st-motor.cmd` | Loads the actual db files for each individual axis | A single file in the first IOC |
 | `galilXX.cmd` | Sets up the physical connection for a Galil | A file for each galil in `configurations\galil` |
 
+## Creating a motor IOC
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+see [Create Motor IOC](/iocs/creation/Create-Motor-IOC.md)
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 ## Motors used at ISIS
 
 The motors currently used at ISIS are: