LabVIEW
NE-1000 Syringe pump serial configuration
Solved!
Good afternoon everyone,
For my graduation project I am figuring out how to connect an NE-1000 syringe pump (the brand is Prosense). I have tried to connect it through the RS-232 entrance from the back of the pump (the one with 5 connection points in the upper row and 4 in the lower row) to the USB entrance of the PC.
This PC is an ASUS EEE (Not my first choice, it's pretty slow), but it does not have the RS-232 socket. So it looks like this:
PC--> USB-->RS-232--> syringe pump
The PC recognizes the ''new hardware'' but can't install them due to lack of information. When I open up MAX I can only find an unknown device, which VISA test panel cannot be opened, prompting an error :
"
error opening resource:
ARSL 10:: INSTR
VISA (HEX: 0xBFFF0011) Insufficient information location or the device or resource is not present in the system\
"
The LabView version installed is the 2013 version.
Does anyone have experience with serial programming in LabView? Perhaps I need a PC with RS-232 port instead of USB?
Any help or hints would be appreciated a lot.
Regards,
San
Thanks for the reply.
The thing that happened now, is that the PC does not recognize the hardware at all.
Allthough MAX recognizes it, but it is not configurable.
See the attachment for the screen in MAX (there's an NI-6009 attached as well). And the error. I am going to try to configure it this afternoon at my university, since they have different PC's over there.
Still looking for a solution...
Here's an update:
I found out that the PC's at the university are compatible with the pump. I didn't even have to install anything, just plug it in de PC RS232 serial port and the com port was recognized. So probably it's the RS232-USB cable causing the problem. Because there are drivers to be installed for that, I am trying to get this driver. I'll keep you posted.
First let me declare that I sell a product called SyringePumpPro which is recommended by the manufacturer of your pump. It communicates with the pumps, and permits very easy pump configuration, and monitoring of it's operation.
Many Labview users purchase SyringePumpPro to connect and perform pump operations, so that the only operations they need to program in Labview are the ones directly for their protocol.
Sannieboyyyy if you download SyringePumpPro and install it, (there is a 14 day free trial) I will be able to help you establish your pump's connection with your PC. Your problem is probably not the USB-RS232 device (thought it could be) the two most problematic devices with most connections are the cables, and the human doing the connecting. 
I will be able to help you get your pump connected and talking to your PC in a couple of emails. Be happy to help you out.
timb
Author and CEO
SyringePumpPro
Hi guys,
First of all, thanks for the offer but I am not interested. I think the goal of this forum is to find a solution for the problems that are encountered while using LabView, instead of bypassing the problem.
Nevertheless I found the solution for this problem. After all it was the driver of the RS232-USB converter which could not be installed. So I bought a new converter along with which I installed the software. This is the Konig Electronic converter (barcode 5412810074822). After installing the driver (which came with a small cd) and rebooting the PC Max recognized the ports and there was not even any configuration necessary.
This topic can be closed.
