Hello,
I am currently developing an 8-axis brushless servo system that I would like to control using LabView software and the PCI-7358 controller. I will be using Danaher Motion servos and drives, which I would like to connect to the controller via two UMI-7764s.
However, I do not want to create any motion profiles with Motion Assistant/LabView. Instead, I would like LabView to read in serial commands from another computer running a simulation program that will generate and transmit motor commands via a RS-232/422 port. The simulation will be controlled by a series of joysticks, so the program will be operating in real-time.
My question is this: is this idea feasible and what type of data would be best to send to LabView so that it can most easily convert the incoming data into motion commands? Also, how fast should these commands be coming in? I'm not on the software side of this project, so I'm not too knowledgeable about their capabilities. But I do know that they have the simulated motor velocities, accelerations, etc. which they can send out in any way necessary.
Also, is it possible to output and duplicate the incoming incremental encoder outputs to multiple sources using the digital I/O ports on the controller? What hardware would I need to accomplish that? I've been looking at the SSR modules but I'm not sure how those work exactly.
Thanks for your help.
-Joey