tyring to monitor and possibly control the temperature of the oven

[SAL2005]

Hi,

I am using labview 6 and I am trying to monitor and possibly control the temperature of the old existing oven. The existing controller doesnt have any provision of getting output and plugging it to PC, so I was thinking of getting a controller and replace the old one. I found a controller (honeywell) having the output of RS 485 / Ethernet. So I was wondering if I can use that controller to talk to labview to monitor and control the temperature.

Can I use RS485 / Ethernet to talk to labview 6? If not what are the things I need to plug in between.

Thanks

SAL

[Dennis_Knutson]

You can use VISA Read/Write to communicate with either serial or Ethernet. The Ethernet capability is true of the more recent versions of VISA. I don't remember when the capability was added so you should upgrade to the latest version. If you use RS485, you'll need a 232/485 adapter if you want to connect to the normal serial port on the pc or you can get a dedicated RS-484 card for the computer.