PILine M-661.370 With LabVIEW

[sanerkarakus]

Greetings,

I have PILine® M661-370 Linear Piezo Motor Stage, and to control it I have C.170.161 (Redstone) ,C181.161 and C185.161. I have been reading the manuals of the control drivers for 3 days, but I can not understand and find how to control my Piezo Motor by using LabVIEW.

Is there anyone, controled this motor with LabVIEW.

Thanks.

[Jacob_K]

Labview can control devices in various ways.  Many devices are controlled using GPIB.  Some are controlled using commands through a serial connection.  What you need to find out is how the controller is expecting to be controlled.  Is it through commands, or through actual analog input signals.  Once you know this you can then either use NI-Visa, NI-488.2 or NI-DAQmx to control the device. Once you understand how this device expects inputs you can ask better questions as to how to accomplish those tasks in Labview.

Jacob K

[Matt_McLaughlin]

Hi sanerkarakus,

From the information you passed along, it looks as though your PILine motion system includes the controller, drive, motor, and feedback system. There are motion specific LabVIEW drivers and commands, but these will interface directly with NI PCI or PXI motion control cards. As Jacob mentioned, it is much more likely that your motion control system requires serial commands via NI VISA. What sort of connection is there between the PC and the motion control system? Are there any standard commands that were included with the documentation for the controller?