Example Code

Acuity AR200 Laser Displacement Sensor interface

Products and Environment

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    Hardware

  • Instrument Control

    Software

  • LabVIEW

    Driver

  • NI VISA

Code and Documents

Attachment

Overview

VI to control Acuity AR200 Laser Displacement Sensors

 

Description

This is VI uses COM1 to interface with Acuity AR200 Laser Displacement Sensors and allows the user to access most/all features of the sensors and displays configuration information. Most importantly, it allows setting and storing the User Configuration that is loaded upon power up.

 

Steps to Implement or Execute Code

  1. For serial connections refer to the 'Connecting-a-DB9-serial-plug-to-the-AR200.pdf'
  2. Unzip 'Acuity AR200 interface 2012 NIVerified.zip'
  3. Open and run 'AR200 Control.VI'

 

Requirements

Software

LabVIEW 2012

Hardware

Com1, AR200 series Laser Displacement Sensor from Acuity

 

Additional Images or Video

 

 

 

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Comments
Zac58
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Would anyone be able to save these files for an older version of LabVIEW? I have LabVIEW 8.6 and cannot access these programs.

-Zach

nrcan
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I've put an 8.6 version there now. Let me know how it goes.