SECS/GEM and CAMX Coomunications

[Joe_John]

I'm working on an application that consists of communicating to equipment that uses SECS/GEM protocol and other equipment that uses CAMX IPC standards. I've searched this site and google for a few days. I've been unable to locate any labview examples or anyone else who has done this before. I know there was a toolkit for SECS/GEM but I can't find it anymore. Has anyone communicated using either one of these two standards? I'd love to see a few examples to...if possible. Thanks

[Jeremy_B]

Hi Joe,

There apparently used to be a 3rd party toolkit from VI Technology Inc., however, it appears they no longer sell it.  There is a 3rd party OPC server which does supports SECS/GEM.  See this link: https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000P9a9SAC&l=en-US

You can use DataSocket to communicate with OPC servers: https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z000000P7fWSAS&l=en-US

If you have a large number of devices or channels, you might want to take a look at the Datalogging and Supervisory Control module.