Can I control the POSIDYN SDS 5000 driver with LabView?

[cheve]

Hey all,

I am working on the automation of some high power syringe pumps, the proposed driver is Stoeber POSIDYN SDS 5000 driver (http://www.stoeber.de/TDE/G5/DOKUV56D/442277_01_PHB_SDS_5000_en.pdf).

Can this driver be controlled via the NI CAN CompactDAQ (http://www.ni.com/white-paper/12316/en/)?. 

I don't understand the level of integration of the NI CAN interface with generic CAN drivers. In concrete, I want to know if I will need custom binary/ASCII commands or if the NI XNET CAN API will provide the necessary function blocks. If anyone has an example VI that would be great.

Thanks for your time.

E.

[Luis_CT]

Hello Cheve,

Thanks for using National Instruments forums! Answering your question, yes it is possible to control the POSIDYN 5000 with the XNET driver, just to let you know XNET is the software layer that allows specific hardware to execute CAN commands (as well as LIN and FlexRay) and performs all the communication between NI hardware and your application. For a better understanding you can check the CAN Loopback Test.vi within the Find Examples section in LabVIEW (Help --> Find Examples…).

Have you already thought about which HW platform you will use? Do you need portability with more than 1 POSIDYN driver or your system will just be mounted in a bench? If you can provide me with this information I will be glad to help you with a recommended hardware platform that fits your needs.

If you plan to use cDAQ the modules that you can use are the 9861 and 9862.

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/model.ni-9861.html

https://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/model/ni-9862.html

Hope you find this information useful!