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stepper motor control - missing MG17Motor ActiveX object

Hello,

 

I am trying to contrl Thorlabs TDC 001 using LabView 9 SP1. Whe I follow the tutorial to create an ActiveX control(http://www.thorlabs.com/images/TabImages/GuideToLabVIEWandAPT.pdf), I can't find the MG17Motor option even though I have installed Thorlabs APT.

 

Does aanyone kknow how to solve this?

 

Cheers!

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I think it's a problem with registering *.ocx files in Windows 7 (64-bit). Anyone?

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Hi notimperial,

Some Active X controls are specifically written for 32 bit machines. It is worth checking with Thorlabs whether you can run these on a 64 bit machines.

 

Have you tried it on any other machine with different specs? Did this make a difference?

 

Regards,

Mahdieh G
Applications Engineer
National Instruments UK&Ireland
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Hello,
I used attached Labview code to manage stepper motor control (TDC001 Thorlabs) to translate a sample in my setup, but since some time I obtain an error constantly (attached log). This translation system still works properly with thorlabs software, it also worked with this code, therefore I am really confused why such an error occurs. I just got started with Labview and programme wasn't created by me, so maybe someone explain what is wrong.
Thank you in advance, Vasili

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Hi,

 

Please use a new thread for this post as it is a new issue.

 

Thanks

Mahdieh G
Applications Engineer
National Instruments UK&Ireland
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I think there is a misprint in the Thor guide. It says look for MG17Motor but actually the example then shows using MGmotor.

 

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Hello,

 

I have NRT 150 stepper motor and BSC203 stepper motor controller from Thorlabs. I could control the motor using ActiveX and invoking MG17Motor ActiveX. But ActiveX gives very little freedom (changing step size, halt time etc). So if any one have written a VI for this, please share with me. Thanks.

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hello

i am hadi(akbari) .i have started work  on labview from 15 years ago.

i want to do labview important





project.

can help me to this.

thanks

 

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can you share your VI? I have the same hardware and a PC 64wits with LV 32 bits, but i cant access to the BSC 203

 

Thanks in advance!

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