Does anybody use the Crossbow NAV440 with the C-RIO Chassis

[jjandascog]

Looking to use a Crossbow NAV440 IMU with a C-RIO Chassis.  I am new to labview so I need a little help.  I have a C-RIO 8-slot chassis and among other modules I have a RS232 module.  the nav440 does communicate VIA the RS232 but my question is has anybody done this and can you share some tips and/or VI's. 

I an currently using a Microstrain 3DM-GX1 but Nation Instruments already hade the drivers and some sample VI's that I could use to jump start my programming.

any help would be greatly appreciated

[Jeremy_B]

Hi,

You'll probably have to write your own driver.  The best place to start is to study existing drivers to see how they work, and try to make yours as similar as possible.  The datasheet of the device you are using should list the commands you need.

[NathanT]

Hello JJ,

      I am glad that you are using the drivers for the Microstrain IMU.  If you can wait a couple of months for the instrument driver and are willing to loan out the IMU, you should submit a development request to National Instruments on ni.com/idnet.  If you need the instrument driver (or just working code) sooner, there is some good documentation to help get you started on ni.com/idnet under the "learn" and "develop" categories in the middle of the page.

     With serial instruments is it very important to make sure that you can successfully communicate to the instrument before trying to do anything complex.

Let us know how it goes,

NathanT

[NathanT]

We have LabVIEW instrument drivers for both the NAV440 and some of the Microstrain IMUs.

Cheers,

NathanT