Has anybody been able to develop labview vi's for the A200SMC stepper motor controller from StepperControl.com?

[cc\]

Trying to make labview vi based on the dll library provided by StepperControl.com using the "Call Library Function" in labview. The controller interfaces the pc by parallel port. Is there any sample vi available to control this board based on their dll library?

[RM2]

I don't have any experience with those drives but Compumotor (compumotor.com) makes drives that will work with labview and they have some ready made vi's to use. There are three flavors, one is a drive only and the other two are controller drives (programmable). There is a ascii version that does not require dll use.

Those are the only drives I have used so that is all I can comment on.

[Jeremy Braden]

If you are going to write the LV code yourself, you should read "Using External Code in LabVIEW." You can find it by opening LabVIEW >> help >> search the LabVIEW bookshelf. This is the best source of information concerning calling dlls.

You may also want to look at a LabVIEW 7 shipping example, call dll.vi. You can find it by opening LabVIEW >> help >> find examples >> Communicating with External Applicaitons >> Using External Code>> integrating dlls. It is very helpful.