How to use Galil 1842 motor controller in Labview Real-Time OS

[Tom_Sz]

Hi,

I have a Galil 1842 4 axis PCI controller. The Labview vi's using the DMC32.dll works fine with Windows XP. I would like to use the controller under the Real-Time OS. How does one achive this? The reason we need to do this is that Windows XP has too many delays as it tries to access the internet. I need loops executing ever 100ms and the delays sometime add up to 2 minutes.

Thanks for your help

Tom

[NIJanell]

Hello Tom,

If you are looking for a deterministic operating system, the LabVIEW Real-time Module can come to your rescue.  

As far as how to use your motor, you should be able to use that same dll in LabVIEW RT - if it is supported.  Depending on what the dll does, it may call some Windows functions that are not supported in the RTOS.  You can check if your dll will be RT compatible using this utility.

Good luck!

Janell R | Applications Engineer

Message Edited by NIJanell on 03-08-2007 02:30 PM