dektec dtu-215

[Chris_H]

I have a DekTec DTU-215 USB-2 VHF/UHF Modulator and am trying to communicate with it using LabView. I want to be able to set the outputs such as frequency, power level, and on/off using labview rather than the StreamXpress software the device comes with. It has the ability to use labview by using .wsdl files but i am not familiar with these. any help would be appreciated. 

Thanks!

[amezam]

Hello,

How are you trying to communicate with this device? Are you using VISA or serial? Also, check this forum http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/How-to-import-WSDL-file-into-LabView-8-6/td-p/1063387/page/3, where they conclude that you only access it with a web server. Is this similar to what you're trying to do?

Thank you

[Chris_H]

I am trying to set simple parameters of the device. It is a USB device however it does not use a VISA handle. It supposedly can use .net but again i am not familiar with that. I was hoping maybe someone had used a device similar to this one. 

[amezam]

Hello,

I've been looking for information regarding the WSDL files and LabVIEW. I found this link.

http://lavag.org/topic/8000-import-web-service-function-and-ws-on-java-lv-8-5/

He gives some steps to create a library that LabVIEW can call. He explains in one of the replies that he used the WSDL.exe that comes with visual studio.net (found in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Bin on my machine). Basically, he used the wsdl {parameters} {path}, I quote ''For example, if my wsdl is called sample.wsdl and it is in my c:/temp directory I would use the following command: wsdl /language:CS /out:C:/Temp C:/Temp/Sample.wsdl'' This will create a C# file (with .cs extension) from your wsdl, and then you can use Visual C# (from the command line or the IDE) to compile the file into a class library that LabVIEW can call.

Hope this helps!