Connecting A Williamson Pro Series Pyrometer To LabVIEW Interface

[bhnguyen4]

Hello forum!

I'm somewhat new to LabVIEW, and I've been tasked with connecting a Williamson Pro Series Pyrometer to a LabView application to obtain temperature readings from the pyrometer. In the manual it says the pyrometer provides an RS485 output to its own Interface Module, but I'm wondering if that can be used to communicate with LabView. The pyrometer also outputs analog data as well, but I have no idea where to start with that.
Here is a link to the manual that comes with the pyrometer. https://www.williamsonir.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Pro-Series-Manual.pdf

Thank you for the help!

[GerdW]

Hi nguyen,

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@bhnguyen4 wrote:

In the manual it says the pyrometer provides an RS485 output to its own Interface Module, but I'm wondering if that can be used to communicate with LabView. The pyrometer also outputs analog data as well, but I have no idea where to start with that.

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That manual also mentions a RS232 port: which one does your specific device provide?

For the analog (current) signals you need a DAQ device. You may use a simple USB600x device (with a shunt resistor to apply Ohm's law on that current signal) or a device being able to read current signals (like NI9208)…