Connecting 3 Red Lion PAXP devices

[drock128]

Hi.
I am new to this software (and with any other automation software), and I have this problem...
I need to connect 3 Red Lion PAXP devices (they read data from 3 Banner U-GAGE T30UIPA) to the LabVIEW 8.5 software, but I don't know how.

I belive I need some kind of drivers, but can't find them.
The PAXP connection to the computer are OK (I can see them working with Red Lion Crimson 2.0 and RLCPro).
I Could use those softwares, but the problem is that I need more than 1 reading per second, and those softwares only allow a minimun of 1 reading per second... so I don't know what to do.

Any help?
Thankyou

[akokot]

Hi drock128,

What kind of communication do these devices use? LabVIEW can talk with many devices in many different buses, like Serial, USB, Ethernet and so on. If you provide us with the protocol your instrument uses, we can help you connect LV and PAXP devices together.

Best Regards,
Alisson Kokot
NI BRAZIL

[gamba]

Actually I am working with drok on the same application. Paxp are sending a 4mA-20mA signal through  com1 serial port. We would like to configure a labview environment to communicate with the device and perform data acquisition.

Thanks

[RavensFan]

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gamba wrote:
Actually I am working with drok on the same application. Paxp are sending a 4mA-20mA signal through  com1 serial port. We would like to configure a labview environment to communicate with the device and perform data acquisition.

Thanks

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That doesn't make sense.  It is sending a 4-20 mA analog signal or is it a serial communication.  There is no such thing as sending an analog signal through a serial port.  A serial port is a digital communication link.

If it is 4-20 mA signal, you will need a data acquistion device to read the signal.  Labview will read the device through DAQmx drivers.   If it is a serial communication line, then you can use the the VISA serial read/write commands to get the data from the Red Lion device.  You would have to know their communication protocol and commands.