labview driver for temperature controller ThorLabs Ted 200

[Andrew Cage]

Hi.

I'd line to know where I can find the Labview drivers i need to control the functioning temperature of the controller ThorLabs Ted 200. The controller is driven by the applied voltage by the bnc cable on input R1.

Thanks for the attention. Best Regards

Andrea

[Andrew Cage]

Hi.

[Andrew Cage]

I'd line to know where I can find the Labview drivers i need to control the functioning temperature of the controller ThorLabs Ted 200. The controller is driven by the applied voltage by the bnc cable on input R1.

[Andrew Cage]

Thanks for the attention. Best Regards

Andrea

[LesPeters]

I'm not sure what your looking for, the ThorLabs Ted 200 does not have the ability to be controlled remotely directly (IE. serial interface).  As you have noted you can control it by providing a -10 to +10V signal to the R1 input.  What are you planning to use to generate this voltage?

[Andrew Cage]

I want to generate the voltage to have a certain temperature with a Labview VI. This Vi continuosly change the temperature to find the one that allows to obtain the best performance for the application I'm working on. Do any drivers exist that makes me able to do that?

[smercurio_fc]

I don't think you understood. You need hardware to generate the voltage. What are you using to do that? A programmable power supply? A DAQ card?

[Andrew Cage]

i'm sorry if i didn't mention it but i'm using the Ni-6704 card.

[LesPeters]

Since you are using the NI-6704 I would start by getting the feel of how to configure the card to generate an analog output using the Measurement and Automation Explorer (MAX).  To do this open MAX and then expand "Devices and interfaces" and you should see "NI-DAQmx Devices".  Expand this and you should see your 6704 card.  In either the "Test Panels" or "Create a Task" tab (forgive me but I don't have a DAQ card with an analog output installed in a system right now so this is from memory) for your 6704 card, you should now be able to configure an analog output for a desired voltage.  When your happy with what you have develop a vi to do this.  There are lots of examples online on how to do this using VIs in the DAQmx palette, its pretty straightforward. 

[Andrew Cage]

Ok, i followed your advice, but i've another thing to ask. it is possible to read a value of input voltage with the NI-pci-6704 or i have to use another card?

Thanks for all the support

[smercurio_fc]

Do you not have the manual for the card? That card is an analog output card only. It has no analog inputs to be able to read voltages. Thus, you will need another device to read voltages.

What are your specifications for this voltage that you need to read?