MS-2000/LabVIEW6.1/Serial Download - Applied Scientific Instrumentation

Download for MS-2000 control using NI's LabVIEW 7.0 and the Serial Port

Comments

ASI has recently begun experiencing USB driver installation issues with the Microsoft^™ Windows^® XP operating system. Until resolved, ASI offers this solution.

The serial port remains a viable, recommended alternative to USB for controlling the MS-2000, therefore, ASI is providing this Serial Pack which includes instructions on setting up and using the serial port to control MS-2000 controllers with LabVIEW^™ 7.0.

In situations where USB communication is mandatory, ASI will provide a USB-to-Serial Adapter, or you may acquire your own (for example, the Keyspan^™ USA-19HS).

Installation Contents

This package contains National Instruments LabVIEW^™ 7.0 source code to support MS-2000 control over the Serial Port interface.

This ZIP package includes 9 VI files, and one Readme.txt file:

Self-contained One-VI Solutions

These three VI's use only LabVIEW^™ built-in functions as sub-VI's

SerialMoveXY.vi - Connects, moves X and Y axes, waits for completion of move, disconnects
SerialMoveZ.vi - Connects, moves Z axis, waits for completion of move, disconnects
SerialWhere.vi - Connects, issues WHERE command to input axis, returns axis position in 10ths of micron, disconnects

Note: Connecting and disconnecting is fast enough so that these VI's are recommended for normal applications

Example Interactive Applications

SerialComplexInteractive.vi - Emulates HyperTerminal^®
SerialSimpleInteractive.vi - Sends hand-typed commands, ignores replies

Subordinate VI Files

SerialConnect.vi - opens serial port
SerialDisconnect.vi - closes serial port
WriteCmd.vi - concatenates CR LF to a command, transmits
SerialWaitForStatusN.vi - sends STATUS commands up to a max number of tries (default=400), returns Success = TRUE if it receives 'N' (i.e., not busy)

Download

Current Version:	2.0
Release Date:	03/17/2004
Language:	English
Size:	183,236 bytes

Click here to download serial_pack_2_0.zip

Assistance

For assistance with this software, please call (541) 461-8181 ext 16, In the United States and Canada, you may call (800) 706-2284. You may also send an e-mail to .