Download Newport ESP301 Motion Control Driver

[RyanSTFC]

I'm trying to download a the driver for the Newport ESP301 Motion Controler. I've been on ftp://download.newport.com/MotionControl/Current/MotionControllers/ESP301/ and from there navigated to  ftp://download.newport.com/MotionControl/Current/MotionControllers/ESP301/Current%20software/ and ftp://download.newport.com/MotionControl/Current/MotionControllers/ESP301/Current%20software/ESP301%... and ftp://download.newport.com/MotionControl/Current/MotionControllers/ESP301/Current%20software/ESP301%...

Everything I've tried to download doesn't work?
Anyone got any advice?

[JamesSouv]

Hello,

You can go to the NEWPORT Website under the following link, please scroll down till Resources >> Software.

There you can download the ESP301 Firmware Installer.

This directory contains a LabVIEW directory.

Greetings and Regards,

James.

[JamesSouv]

Hello,

did the method I suggested work?

If so, could you please mark the problem as solved?

Like that you would help other users finding a solution quicker.

Regards and Greetings,

James.

[lizheng]

I have download the ESP301 Firmware Installer.

but the directory does't contain any LabVIEW directory.

[GerdW]

Hi lizheng,

I have download the ESP301 Firmware Installer. but the directory does't contain any LabVIEW directory.

Well, you downloaded a "firmware" installer for that Newport device. "Firmware" is not related to LabVIEW!

[hugomeshg]

Did anyone get the labview to communicate with the ESP301?

I found the labview file downloading the program ESP301_Installer_Wind10.zip in the site https://www.newport.com/f/esp301-3-axis-dc-and-stepper-motion-controller , and I found the Labview files C:\Newport\Motion Control\ESP301\LabView\ Source Code , but theses files does not work rightly.  

[gdargaud]

I seem to have the same problem.

I wrote a Linux serial device driver for the ESP301 long ago, and I want to repurpose it. I was trying to write a Visa driver for serial/USB and I can't get USB to work.

- The Windows device manager shows it has no driver. Like you I tried the 2 zip files off the Newport website, but neither contains a driver. One is a motion program, the other a firmware updater (that can't seem to find the device via USB)

- Trying to use the NI-VISA Driver Wizard gives me a surprising:

The following errors were found when testing the device's compatibility with VISA:
[Device Id: USB\VID_14d&PID_3001]
ERROR -1073807174: Device descriptor error - null value for serial number [Device Id: USB\VID_104d&PID_3001]
ERROR -1073807174: Device descriptor error - unexpected bDescriptorType (expected USB_STRING_DESCRIPTOR)

Now, does anyone know how to install a driver for this device, or how to connect via USB to it, or how to get it recognized by Visa or as a generic USBTMC device ?

In the meanwhile I'll convert my old serial driver.

[gdargaud]

I seem to have partially figured it out.

The ESP301-GUI-V2.0.0.3 file (named as ESP301_Installer_Win10 on the website) installs a whole lot of stuff in C:\Newport\Motion Control\ESP301 (hey guys, it's Win10, not Win3.1 anymore !!!) and in the directory C:\Newport\Motion Control\ESP301\Bin\USB Driver\64-bit you can right-click on the usbuart3410.inf file and select [Install]. Disconnect, reconnect and it shows as a COM3 serial port, but via USB (some kind of virtual serial-to-USB adapter ?). The speed should be 921600 8N1. The terminator is \r.