PCI 7340 , PCI 7344 Confusion

[Giridhar_Rajan]

Hi all,

I have recently purchased a PCI-7344 motion control card from NI. But it says PCI-7340 in MAX. What can be the reason. Have I received the wrong card by mistake?

Regards,

Giridhar Rajan

Automation Engineer, Design

Cruiser Controls

Mumbai, India

[Jochen]

Giridhar,

everything is ok with your 7344. We have just recently switched to a new hardware revision and now all boards don't show up with their specific names but with the name of the board family:

Board Family    Specific Boards

NI 7330             NI 7332, NI 7334

NI 7340             NI 7342, NI 7344

NI 7350             NI 7352, NI 7354, NI 7356, NI 7358

MAX still knows the specific board configurations so you don't have to worry.

Best regards,

Jochen Klier

National Instruments Germany

[Giridhar_Rajan]

Jochen,

Thanks a lot. I had almost planned to get the card replaced. Thanks. Also I noticed something else in MAX. In my earlier card, I had the option to use DAC Channel1 with encoder1, 2, 3 or 4. But this one does'nt support it. Is'nt that feature useful?

Regards,

Giridhar Rajan

Automation Engineer, Design

Cruiser Controls

Mumbai, India

[Fabrice_M]

hello, I have 2 boards on which is written PCI-7340 for the first and PCI-7344 for the other one.

Could you please tell me if both cards are equivalent regarding my code? Is there any difference for the user?

[Giridhar_Rajan]

Hi,

If both are 4-axis cards the they are the same for the user. Its just that no classification was made earlier. Now it all comes under the classification of PCI-7340 series in which 2-axis card is called 7342 and 4-axis as 7344.

Regards,
Giridhar Rajan