Has anyone used Numato Lab Relays with labview ?

[LVNinja]

I'm considering using  a numato lab SSD Relay USB unit with LabVIEW. I'm looking for reviews/experiences customer support. 

Has anyone used this product ? Do they provide good technical/customer  support ?

https://numato.com/product/2-channel-usb-solid-state-relay-module/

[GerdW]

Hi RO,

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@LVNinja wrote:

I'm considering using  a numato lab SSD Relay USB unit with LabVIEW.

Do they provide good technical/customer  support ?

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Well, they provide a LabVIEW VI in their "sample code" section!

(It's a rather simple and not "very good" VI, but atleast there's a VI!)

[pincpanter]

I used the 8 channel USB GPIO some years ago, for a non-critical input button.

Usage was easy enough, so I did not ask for any support. Just open a serial port and send the proper ASCII command to configure and another to read.

Post-sale support was not necessary so far, too.

[crossrulz]

I have used one of their Ethernet boards (32ETHRL001 ) which uses a Telnet interface.  So I made some code to handle the Telnet and used the pretty simple commands that are in the manual.

If using one of their USB devices, I believe it just shows up as a Virtual Serial Port.  Therefore, you just need to send the commands using simple serial port commands, which I think are the same as the Ethernet commands.

The boards themselves worked perfectly.  No complaints.

[Kevin_Price]

We've used them some in our place too, mainly the ones with USB connector and virtual serial port.  Our experience has been like others' here -- no complaints, no need for tech support..

-Kevin P

[LVNinja]

Thanks for your contribution !

[LVNinja]

Thank you for your opinion !

[LVNinja]

Thank you !

[tronchaser2u]

Yes, I have used them and they are quite simple to implement in LabVIEW, the command set is super simply to use and it accomplishes what it was intended...  I am evaluating using the TCP/IP version of the relay module...

[crossrulz]

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@tronchaser2u wrote:

Yes, I have used them and they are quite simple to implement in LabVIEW, the command set is super simply to use and it accomplishes what it was intended...  I am evaluating using the TCP/IP version of the relay module...

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My only hiccup with the TCP version was when making the Telnet connect, some Telnet command codes needed to be handled.  I don't remember the exact commands.  I just replied with an acceptance of all the command codes I received left it there.