basic esp300 xy control

[slowpositron]

Dear fellow LabVIEWers,

I am a seasoned beginner-intermediate programmer. My goal is to create a simple vi for the esp300 that has a read out for the current xy-position, and an input for the desired xy-position (to which it will then move to). Can anyone point me towards some vi's that produce similar results for the esp300, or just any translational stage in general?

It runs over RS232, and I have successfully hypertermed the esp300. Also, I am using LabView 2012.

Thanks! 

[Emily-C]

Hi slowpositron,

The NI website doesn't have drivers for the Newport ESP300 motion controller. In order to communicate with this device from LabVIEW, you can contact Newport to see if they provide drivers, or you can write your own drivers.

If you have the right drivers, you can use GPIB commands from LabVIEW to communicate with your device. This would let you get xy-position, and send commands back to the controller to make it move. The "LabVIEW - GPIB" shipping example VI shows how you can use GPIB communication in LabVIEW. 

Regards,

[slowpositron]

Hi Emily-C,

I am heading over to the Newport website ASAP.

Thanks!