LeCroy 6010

"Magic Controller"

Page to collect info on controlling this

GPIB

Primary goal of this project is to learn how to communicate over GPIB. Some action I do causes it to twitch on my CAMAC bus analyzer but I can't get it to do much else. I got it to return some data when I messed with the DOWNLOAD menu but not when I actually tried to read a device register.

Composite

More screen captures: https://siliconpr0n.org/uv/lecroy/6010_magic_controller/composite_caps/

You need to use this to select RS-232 vs GPIB, baud setitngs, etc. I have yet to get any activity over RS-232 so sticking for GPIB for now.

RS-232

Above: configuration screen

Supports:

• Baud: 75-19200
• Data bits: at least 7, 8
• Stop bits: at least 1
• Parity: odd, even, none
• Flow control: at least CTS/RTS off

When I got it settings were:

• 9600 baud
• 1 stop bit
• even parity
• 7 bits
• CTS/RTS off

Keyboard

The keyboard (where does this attach?) serial port settings are configured separately than the "RS-232C" settings but are on the same screen

Circuit boards

Board 1

At bottom

Chips:

• TMS9914ANL IC interface bus adapter
• HM6116LP-2 (2) 2048 x 8 bit CMOS SRAM
• CRT9212 135 character row buffer memory for CRT/printer
• AM2716 (2) EPROM

Board 2

Middle board

Board 3

Mezzanine board

Chips:

• MC68020R... 68k CPU
• MC68881RC16B floating point coprocessor
• PLD? (2)
• SCN68681 dual UART
• M27512F1 (4) EPROM
• ROM chip?
• PLD? (2)

References

MODEL 8901A CAMAC-TO-GPIB INTERFACE: http://cdn.teledynelecroy.com/files/manuals/8901aman.pdf

• pg 24: C source code for "Functions to control the CAMAC bus via an 8901A or 6010, from an IBM PC using National Instruments PC-II GPIB Card"

Some more pictures: http://www.pchemlabs.com/product.asp?pid=949