LabVIEW and FAULHABER MCDC 3006 S RS
 

Hello,

I need to find out if it is possible to program a FAULHABER MCDC 3006 S RS ( http://www.faulhaber.com/manuals/sit...3006_s_rs.html ) with LabVIEW.
Does it need an additional API or can it be done natively and how?

Thank you,
Ido

Re: LabVIEW and FAULHABER MCDC 3006 S RS
 

What do you mean by program? Are you trying to use RS232, CAN, or PWM?

Re: LabVIEW and FAULHABER MCDC 3006 S RS
 

I believe instead of treating it as a motor, you can operate it by treating it as an analog output through PWM.

Judging by the technical manual's description, I believe this can work.

Re: LabVIEW and FAULHABER MCDC 3006 S RS
 

Hi,

Thank you for the help but I figured it out, working with VISA for serial COM ports. The tricky part is the reply from the VISA Read is in an unknown length so I have to read one byte at a time until a stop char is given.

Thanks anyway!
Ido

Re: LabVIEW and FAULHABER MCDC 3006 S RS
 

I forgot you could communicate with motor controllers using VISA. Thanks.

Re: LabVIEW and FAULHABER MCDC 3006 S RS
 

What information are you able to get from the motion controller using VISA Read? I'm trying to get the position of my linear actuator as a function of time so I can get it's actual amplitude and frequency, but I've not been having much luck with VISA Read. How exactly do you have that part of your code set up?