Hi Christopher,
I'm not sure if this will help or not, but several years back, I worked on a project that incorporated three Brooks Flow Controllers. According to my notes, the model numbers were: 586OE, 5836A1, and 5835D2. (In fact, I'm sure I still have them in a box somewhere if you are interested in picking them up for a bargain... ;�)
Anyway, as I recall, the programming was relatively straight-forward. I communicated with them over RS-232, and as I recall, the (somewhat sparse) information in the documentation was adequate -- with a little reading between the lines and experimentation.
The units I used would be about 7 or 8 years old now. I don't know if the communication protocol may have changed for newer models. However, if you are interested, let me know. I probably have the old VIs archived somewhere (in LV 3.1 or LV 4.X format), and I can take a look for you.
P.S. How are your book sales coming along...? ;�)
Cheers,
Dave Ritter BetterVIEW
G'Day all,
Has anyone had any experience using Brooks Smart Series Flow
Controllers? We've had a customer contact us, and is interested in talking
to their controllers using RS-485, but we haven't had any luck in finding
the comms protocols...
Ta, Chris
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