LabVIEW

cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

GPIB motion control issue

Hello cpschnuffel,
 
Sorry for the delay.  Please email me at jkarlmeinhardt@yahoo.com and we can discuss further.
0 Kudos
Message 11 of 16
(2,208 Views)
Hello Beach Comber,
I've tried to contact you via the specified eMail address, but there's no reply. Have you received my eMails?

cpschnuffel
0 Kudos
Message 12 of 16
(2,196 Views)
Hello,
 
I am currently trying to interface a Karl Suss Probe station PA200 with Labview and I need some technical tips before starting:
- I read there that PA200 was not 488.2 compliant. 488 GPIB cards can still be purchased (in NI for example) ???
- My PA200 is a 90's version. Is that important ?
 
I really need your feedback on using the PM.llb drivers...
 
Thank you for helping me.
Have a nice day
0 Kudos
Message 13 of 16
(2,010 Views)
Hello sallesa,
 
The PM.llb is only to check if the PH600 motorized micropositioner is moving.  I have included in this email another .llb within which there is a .vi called PA200_GPIB.vi.  This vi should give you a good starting point for your coding project.  If you like the coding style you can use this vi.  The basic structure is using an enumerated type, which is type defed, to store the commands for each axis, I do not have all of the commands stored into these typedefs so you may need to add the ones you need.  You can get all of the info you need by opening the Remote Communicator under the SUSS Prober Bench application, and selecting commands\kernal\chuck\ReadChuckPosition etc.  Once the command is in the command window of the Remote Communicator, you can place the cursor over the command, click on the command, and hit F1 to get the help for that command, this is for version 4 of SUSS Prober Bench.  If you plan to use other GPIB instruments, you will need to dedicate a controller to the PA200 since it will not coexist with other instruments on the GPIB bus.
 
Hope this helps,
Karl
0 Kudos
Message 14 of 16
(1,989 Views)
Hello!
I use Suss PA200 and other devices on a GPIB bus and don't have any problems. I don't use VISA, use only GPIB Read and GPIB Write from the Instrument IO \ GPIB
0 Kudos
Message 15 of 16
(1,812 Views)

Hello Oleghire,

Since 1999 (Version 4 firmware) SUSS has redesigned and replaced the controller on this prober so you must be one of the lucky ones with a newer revision.

regards,

Karl


0 Kudos
Message 16 of 16
(1,797 Views)