I'm using the 7344 to control a wire bending machine implementing both the motion and digital 24V I/O when it only accepts 5V. Any suggestion?

[Norick]

I'm intended to control a machine wich was controled by a CNC and a PLC. My job is to substitute them by a PC with a 7344. The 7344 only has 5V I/O and I need 24V I/O to get this machine to work (24V relays, 24V I/O to the motor driver, etc). Can anyone tell me what converters/drivers to use?

[nestor-sg]

Norick,

We have a solid state relay solution so you can convert the TTL signal to a 24VDC that you are looking, we use an interface called SSR Backplane that has modules (is configurable) selectable from digital input or output (3-60VDC) as well as others. All you need is the motion cable SHC68-C68-S, the cable adapter for SSR backplanes, the SRR backplane and the corresponding module you want. Special notes to watch out is that the backplane requires voltage supply (check the manual) and you can select from the 8, 16 or 24 channel configurations, 32 is not supported. The manuals have the information on which port access which relay. 
Best Regards,

Nestor Sanchez
Motion Control Support
National Instruments

[rahulk]

ABMSoft - an NI alliance member in Eastern Europe has developed a very powerful G-code interpretor for LabVIEW. Their ABMS-NC toolkit for LabVIEW also includes an offline simulation tool. They have successfully deployed many machines using this toolkit. Its available directly from ABMSoft for $995. You can contact ABMSoft directly.

More info on ABMSoft (Contact info and product details)
http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/niaa.com_view?p_all_id=7974

Documentation on ABMSoft's website
http://www.abmsoft.com/NI-NC.pdf

Thanks,
Rahul

Rahul Kulkarni
National Instruments