Interfacing Zaber Motor through a USB port

[0thescientist]

Hey guys!  I'm pretty new to LabVIEW and am trying to control a Zaber T-NM series stepper motor.  However, my computer does not have a free serial port so I'm not sure how to do this through the USB input.  I have a serial-to-USB cable, but I'm lost on the coding side of things.  I have three VIs that work through the serial port but not the USB port.  Anybody know how to tweak these to get them to work with USB?

[Mike@PTTech]

Hello:

If you are using a USB-to-Serial cable, then you can connect and communicate to the controller the same way that you have done using an RS-232 interface, via a COMx: port. When you plug the USB-to-Serial cable into your PC, Windows should find the device driver for it an enumerate it as a Serial Comm Class device and assign it a COMx: port. You can find out which COMx: port it is by looking for it under Ports in the Windows Device Manager. Use the X number com port you find in your VI.

Mike