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ASCII command for actual position

For the ASCII experienced: I need to track the actual distance moved by a device during a LabVIEW program. I have no idea how to get this information from the device outside of LabVIEW let alone use it in a program. The device is a Stepnet Panel Amplifier and can be moved with ascii codes, the most I know is it will be some type of "get" command but I don't know where to find a useful list of commands, and have resorted to testing random ones. Any advice would be great, thanks in advance. Rach
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You are going to have to get the list of commands from the vendor. Guessing the commands could take an infinite amount of time. Do you have the manual?

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I have a couple manuals, but the two examples of finding position only return the value zero. I didn't realize the differences in types of ascii codes, but i have a back up plan for calculating the movement. Thanks though 🙂
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