Controlling stepper motors with NI PCI 7330

[malkoba]

Hi

I have a NI PCI 7334 motion controller card and MID 7604 motor driver and NI motion software (which was provided with the controller card)with Labview 7.1. I have two,1.8 degree, 2 phase stepper motors which is compatible with the driver (oriental motor PK series).

I require to drive these two stepper motors simultaneously and in synchronism with each other. They need to be rotated (clockwise)a certain multiples of 1.8 degree ( which should be able to be varied) in a few seconds and pause for an interval of two minuites ( this value should be able to be varied) and then rotate(clockwise) again to the pre defined angle and pause again and so forth till the user presses the stop button.

I am new to stepper motors,controllers and the associate VI's with this. I would appreciate if someone can help me out on how to develop a labview programme for this application.

Thanks

Mal

[hannahW]

Hi Mal,

There are some good getting started resources, which will probably be the best place to start if you are new to all of this. Check out the following links: 

Getting Started with NI-Motion for NI 73xx Motion Controllers
http://digital.ni.com/manuals.nsf/websearch/D512386E60CA8ADF862570AF0076894A

NI-Motion User Manual
http://digital.ni.com/manuals.nsf/websearch/983F38925A4F0D16862570AD0054C641

There is also a great resource on the Developer Library at ni.com which gives lots of tutorials and examples for Motion applications
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/devzone.nsf/webcategories/69771825AE23E98E86256786000BEA02

The other place to look would be the LabVIEW example finder, there should be Motion examples installed here which should give you a working starting point.

I hope this helps

Hannah
NIUK & Ireland

[malkoba]

Hi

Thanks. I ll work on the links that you gave me.

Thanks

Mal