Need a recommendation on a DAQ to finish this configuration

[Ginzu]

I am currently putting together a setup that includes the following items:

             1: Motor Driver - Aries AR-01xx  from Parker

             2: NI UMI -7774

             3: Motor - Direct Drive Rotary Table from Parker that is listed under rotary positioners on their website

             4: PCI DAQ is unknown at this time.

I am pretty new with motion control and I am trying to see if there is a DAQ/setup out there for a PC that would allow me to interface with items 1-3.  I was thinking a NI PCI-7342 might work since I only intend to use 2-axis and it also comes with NI Motion Control.  Or is there a better setup that I should use to interface to the motor driver?  I already know that items 1 and 3 work together I just need to be able to interface LabVIEW 8.6 to the motor driver? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ginzu

[Jochen]

Hi Ginzu,

the PCI-7342 is not a DAQ (data acquisition) device, but a motion control device that runs the motion control alogrithms on board. In fact this board might be a good choice for your application. If your main goal is to control the movements of your two axis, the 7342 will probably do, but if you require features like triggering external devices at certain positions at high rates or if you need bufferd position capturing, you should have a look at the PCI-7352.

Kind regards,

Jochen Klier

National Instruments

[Ginzu]

Jochen,

Thanks for the advice.  I'll definitly take a look at that.  Sorry about the DAQ wording.  I'm just used to DAQ's when interfacing with LabVIEW hehe.  It's kinda stuck in my head.

Thanks,

Ginzu

[Jochen]

Ginzu,

I don't expect every user being an expert in the NI acronym jungle , but I just wanted to make it clear, that there is a significant difference between these two product lines. Sometimes there are some misunderstandings (Q: "How can I program my 73xx board with NI-DAQmx?" A: "You can't. You need to use NI-Motion" ) and I wanted to avoid this siutation.

Jochen

Message Edited by Jochen on 09-18-2008 03:37 PM