Interfacing Zaber Devices with the Compact RiO

[bilaln]

Hi,

I have a cRiO-9025 controller that I'm trying to connect up to our Zaber Devices through a Serial Port Connection.

Because I want to get acquainted with the RiO, I want to upload a simple vi in which I home two motors and then make them move some absolute distance.

My question is this: Do I need to install the Zaber drivers onto the Compact RiO and if so how? And then, how would I move this vi into the device such that I can trigger it from the computer?

Thanks.

[Albert.Geven]

Hi

If the Zaber devices have windows drivers, then just forget to use those drivers.

Compact RIO is not running a windows OS.

If these are LabVIEW drivers it can work ok.

[bilaln]

Got it. Thanks!

One other question. If I want to make something to trigger this program from let's say a Laptop that doesn't have labview, how would I go about building this program?

[Albert.Geven]

use an ethernet connection to send a message or via serial or simply via a pushbutton interface.

You can program anything in the controller, but maybe a pushbutton is easiest.

[Don_Kirkby]

The Zaber instrument drivers are LabView drivers - just standard VI's in a project. Anything that runs LabView and has a serial port should be able to run our drivers.

yours,

Don Kirkby

Zaber Technologies

[Albert.Geven]

niced to know.