The swapped in 307 convectron gauge controller  is very likely to have the  RS232 connection  wired differently from the old one.

PRP gauge has now the same error message as the PTP1:  "no comm"  I would look at RS232 wiring of the PRP gauge on the broken

controller and adapt the swapped in one to communicate. The PRP was reading 620 Torr before the swap.