How to "communicate" the DC servo driver/controller for rotation stege, Thorlabs

[kikica]

We have ordered Thorlabs "CR1/M-Z6E Continuous rotation stage w/servo-motor, metric"
product to be used for measurements using rotation stage. We would like to operate
the whole measurement system using LabView measurement environment. Can someone suggest 
me some solutions to speed the setup of our measurements? How to connect this dc servo conntroler/driver it to PC?

Thank you in advance, sincerely

Kikica

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

A little basic research indicates it connects via USB. They offer ActiveX interface to their code to control from other programming environments. See videos here that includes examples of how to control the stage within LabVIEW.

http://www.thorlabs.com/NewGroupPage9.cfm?ObjectGroup_ID=2419&visual_id=2286

[CarlaU]

Hi Kikica,

AnalogKid2DigitalMan is correct. You need to register the ActiveX component for the Thorlabs DC servo. With the ActiveX interface, you will be able to use the LabVIEW measurement environment. There is a great Active X and LabVIEW article that discusses ActiveX in detail. Also, there are some great examples in the NI Example Finder that use ActiveX. You can find some great examples in the Communicating with External Applications folder (under the Browse tab). Double click on the folder and then select ActiveX»General. These should help you get started.

Carla