esp300

[wxc1204]

I am trying to set on/off joystick of Newport ESP300 in the program. Does anybody know if it has an Ascii command which can perform such action? Right now, I have to press a few buttons from the panel of esp300 to get it done when I turn on the power.

If you happen to have experience in this issue, please let me know.

     Thanks 

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Have you looked in the programmers manual of the 300 for such a command?

[wxc1204]

yes, I did, the document doesn't have detail information about how to active /deactive joystick.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Bummer. You may want to contact Newport to see if such a feature is 'undocumented' and can be implemented.

[Amanda_H]

Hi,

Are you programming in LabVIEW? Instrument drivers for third-party devices can be found at ni.com/idnet. Happy programming!

[wxc1204]

Yes, I am using Labview. Either labview driver(from NI) or Newport's document doesn't have information for this action. Fortunately, Newport support just sent the the script for active/deactive. I haven't tried yet, I guess it will work.

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

If you can call programs that have been stored within the 300 to execute via remote GPIB or RS232 commands, this method may work for you. It may be worth looking into.

See:

http://www.newport.com/servicesupport/document.aspx?doc=1308&searchfor=joystick

If you can also look at the code in the 2 joystick programs, it may give you clues how to write up the command set to do so via remote.

If all else fails, try contacting Newport Tech Support.

Good Luck

-AK2DM

Message Edited by AnalogKid2DigitalMan on 12-20-2007 02:20 PM