I know this is probably a very simple question, but I have not been able to find an answer.
I have wired up a drive and encoder to the NI 9512. I am now trying to communicate with the stepper motor using the SoftMotion toolkit. I am able to send commands to the motor, but am not getting any feedback from the encoder. I double-checked the wiring today and it all checks out; A, B, Index, A not, B not, Index not, +5V out, and COM.
I am using the Express VI Encoder Read to obtain feedback from the system but the system keeps returning a 0 for counts. If I use Express VI Data Read to obtain feedback I am able to get the count information back. So where is the feedback coming from when using the Data Read instead of Encoder Read? I am using an open-loop system.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to why I am not getting feedback from the encoder? Maybe a setup issue?
