Using BNC2110 DAQ In Order to Control Stepper Motor

[jhprks]

So basically my goal here is to use LabView to control the direction and the steps of the stepper motor.

I have BNC 2110 (connected to PC), Lin Engineering's 4218M-54P-04 Stepper Motor, and Lin Engineering's R701 Stepper Motor Driver.

The specification documentations are attached.

I know that the driver and the stepper motor are compatible.

Is it possible to control the motor through Labview(PC) < - -> BNC2110 < - -> R701 Driver < - -> Stepper Motor, without the motor's own controller?

An example of a controller for this particular motor would be on this website.

I would much appreciate your support.

Thank you.

[enderWiggin10]

Hi jhprks,

It would appear that the stepper motor controller that you list communicates via RS-232 or RS-485.  You can make serial calls in LabVIEW using the Serial or VISA commands.  It could be something to look into.

Further, we do have a multitude of ways to accomplish this with our hardware; here are a few resources to take a look at, with the first being an example of how to do this with a multifunction DAQ device:

Using Software Timed Digital IO to control a stepper motor with DAQmx:

https://forums.ni.com/t5/Example-Code/Using-SW-Timed-Digital-I-O-to-Control-a-Stepper-Motor-with-DAQ...