Change PC baud rate to 500kBaud- Sick LMS-2xx driver

[EddyIGV]

Hey everyone.

I am using the NI driver for the Sick LMS 291 model (Sick Lms-2xx NI driver). The issue is that the default working operating baud rate is 9600 kbps, and the data is reading at around 1 Hz. This is very slow, and I cannot figure out how to speed this up. Trying to configure the baud rate to go higher does not read values, so Im not sure how to configure either the driver or the PC to be at 500kbps.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Eddy Ekmekgian

[Dennis_Knutson]

Right click on the baud rate input of the initialize function and select 'Create Constant'. The constant is a ring control that you can set to 50000. This will attempt to configure the pc to that baud rate but since it is not a standard rate, it's unlikely that your pc supports it. Use of the others which are standard and you should be fine. Obviously, you have to separately configure the instrument to a matching baud rate.