controlling stages- labview program enough?

[YOY]

Hi ,
I'm putting together a new setup with XYZ stage, rotational and tilt(goniometer) stages. I have a ESP7000 controller unit.
If I purchase the labview program (only the basic, without any add-ons) Can I control my stages and do some closed loop control ?
Thank you.
Ozan.

[Sherrie R.]

Hi Ozan,

I checked out a couple other Newport ESPXXXX Motion Controller/Drives on Newport's website and it looks like they have a library of drivers for working with their motion controllers through LabVIEW.  I wasn't able to find a product page for the ESP7000, but I found one for the ESP6000, and from there it looks like Newport provides "A complete library of LabVIEW™ drivers covering all ESP6000 commands and extensive DLL’s" for the ESP6000.  You will need something like this for interfacing with the ESP7000 and controlling your system. 

Beyond that, you should be able to use the drivers from Newport with LabVIEW Base Development System to control your system (no other add-on packages are necessary). 

Thanks,

Sherrie R
Applications Engineer
National Instruments