What NI Stepper Drive is compatible with both NEMA 11 and NEMA 42 stepper motors?

[T.I.Line]

I have a NI PXI-7350(Motion Controller), a NI UMI7774 (Universal Interface), and a NI P70530(Stepper Drive) and I tried linking up a new NEMA 11 stepper motor linear actuator from Hayden Kirk and kept getting a constant red blinking light on the driver. I then connected my new NEMA 23 stepper motor linear actuator from Hayden Kirk and the driver had the go ahead green light and it worked fine. I consulted the manuals and saw that the driver was only compatible for NEMA 17-34 Steppers. I tried the third party setting as well for the NEMA 11 to no avail. Does anyone know of a NI Stepper Drive that is compatible with my UMI and Motion Controller and also is compatible with a NEMA 11 and NEMA 42 (another motor I need controlled) stepper motors?????

[The_Hunt · Accepted solution]

Hello T.I.

It is true that our stepper drives have only been rated and tested for NEMA 17, 23, and 34 sized stepper motors. I personally have not seen or worked with drives with NEMA 11 or 42 stepper motors, but since NEMA standards are only a size standard, as long as your motors are within the voltage, current, and inductance specifications for your P7000 series stepper drive, then they should be able to work. 

[T.I.Line]

Thank you for the quick response

So I have connected as the Third Party Motor option with the P70530 Stepper Driver. I have read the manual and selected the appropriate DIP switches for the third party motor setting. As instructed I downloaded the P7000 Tools 2.11 to set up the motor with the driver. When I open it and try to search for the driver nothing is located. I have appropriately changed the COM settings in the device manager to the appropriate values and also I am seeing the steady green light on the driver. I am at another stand still. What else can I do to get the driver recognized so I can set up these motors?

Thank you for your time,

Tom

[T.I.Line]

Thank you for the quick response

So I have connected as the Third Party Motor option with the P70530 Stepper Driver. I have read the manual and selected the appropriate DIP switches for the third party motor setting. As instructed I downloaded the P7000 Tools 2.11 to set up the motor with the driver. When I open it and try to search for the driver nothing is located. I have appropriately changed the COM settings in the device manager to the appropriate values and also I am seeing the steady green light on the driver. I am at another stand still. What else can I do to get the driver recognized so I can set up these motors?

Thank you for your time,

Tom