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Supported Controllers
Synergy Manager currently supports these process controllers with the software / firmware hardware
revision levels shown in following table. The table also lists the communication methods supported for
each controller and the protocol form. GPIB communications support for the controllers listed is provided
by ICS Electronics' 4804A / 09A GPIB to Serial Interface and Tidal Engineering's Synergy488 Module except
for Synergy Controllers which offer built-in support GPIB communications.
Ethernet support for VT3, P1460, W942, and WF4 provided by Tidal Engineering's Synergy488 Module
(ASCII).
Supported Controllers Table
Controller
Type
VersaTenn 3
VersaTenn 4
Synergy/
VersaTenn V
Watlow 942
Watlow F4
Thermotron 4800
Partlow 1460/1462
Yokogawa 550/750
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Short Communication
Name
VT3 RS232
IEEE-488
Synergy488 TCP/IP
VT4 RS232
IEEE-488
VT5 RS232
IEEE-488
Ethernet-TCP/IP
W942 RS232
IEEE-488
Synergy488 TCP/IP
WF4 RS232
IEEE-488
Synergy488 TCP/IP
T4800 RS232
P1460 RS232
RS485
IEEE-488
Synergy488 TCP/IP
Y750 RS232
RS485
Synergy488 GPIB/IEEE-488
Synergy488 TCP/IP
Method
Protocol or
Flow Control
Xon/Xoff
GPIB
TCP/IP
Modbus
GPIB
None
GPIB
TCP/IP
Xon/Xoff
GPIB
TCP/IP
Modbus
GPIB
TCP/IP
RTS Hardware Handshaking
Modbus/RS485
Modbus/RS485
GPIB
TCP/IP
PC Link No Checksum
PC Link No Checksum
GPIB
TCP/IP
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