Control Micromaster Using Labview

[mentanto]

Hello
 
I am trying to integrate the control of Micromaster 430 into an aplication in Labview.

I use "Starter" and "Drivemonitor" with the RS232 serial cable directly to control the micromaster, but I want to control it with Labview.

Does anybody know a library in LabView to control the micromaster?
 
I have see the USS parameters, but I am not sure that I can adjust the paramerts of the speed.
 
Thanks

[RamonaL]

Hi,

is the Micromaster 430 from Siemens? Thats what I found in the net.
What I couldnt found is a instrument driver for this device. I guess you have to programm the communication by yourself. This is not very difficult if you have a serial communication.
In the LabVIEW example finder (Help>Find Examples) you can search for serial and will find some example VIs (Basic serial write and read).
What you have to do is send the right commands to the Micromaster 430. You should be able to find the commands for the Micromaster 430 in the manual of this device. There should also be written down how you can configure the speed.

I hope this information helps you,
Regards, RMathews

[mentanto]

Hi

Yes, Micromaster 430 is a Siemens device. The problem is not making the serial communication; the difficulty is that the communication is carried out under the USS protocol.

I have some information about the USS protocol, but it is a communication binary data of variable size. I don’t understand entirely the structure of this protocol.

So I seek help, albeit in another language such as C

Thanks

[RamonaL]

Hi,

I couldnt find anything about the USS-Protocol and LabVIEW, so it doesnt seem like there is something speciall that NI has.
If you would know the parameters and everthing you could still write it on the serial port. But of course you need to know all the binary values and need to programm everthing.
Maybe Siemens (or somebody else here???) has something that might help you. Unfortantly I cant.

Regards, RMathews