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NI 9145 with NI 9476 + 9375 in TwinCAT

Hi all, I need to control a NI 9145 EtherCAT chassis using TwinCAT as the Master. In short,This setup [1] works:Slot 1: NI 9476 (wired only 1x DO to a simple Solenoid Valve, VSup & COM to 24V...

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Tehnical suport PLC Low Cycle time

Good day, My name It’s Alex, automation engineer for Contrail Machinery, manufacturer of Railway welding equipment. We are looking for some thenical support to find and choose best product for our...

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How Weighbridges Help Logistics Companies Save Time and Money

If you’re in logistics, you already know how small inefficiencies can snowball into big problems.One thing we didn’t realise earlier was how much inaccurate weighing was affecting operations.Before...

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PCI-8531 (CANopen) W11 compatibility

Hello everyone,According to this table, the PCI-8531 is no longer supported under Windows 11. If anyone has experience migrating LabVIEW applications using this interface from Windows 10 to Windows 11,...

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CAN Message Not Sending Using XNET For One of Fifteen Installations

I am using XNET to send and receive CAN messages.  I have some CAN relay boards that take a 6 byte message with a command byte, four address bytes, and a data byte.  I am using PXI-8512 2-channel CAN...

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Setting of CoE parameters of EtherCAT chassis NI-9145

Hello , I am working on a project that uses an EtherCAT master Beckhoff EK1100 with several Beckhoff terminals and an NI-9145 slave chassis. The main program runs in TwinCAT and communicates via ADS...

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LabVIEW Modbus Protocol for Serial Communications

Hello everyone, I am trying to create a LabVIEW vi using Modbus protocol to pull data from a CryoMech compressor (from COM2 using an RS-485 connection, user manual is attached). The wires are then...

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Creating a CANopen interface using PXI-8531

I am in the process of migrating our LabView software to a new NI hardware system. Previously, we used a PXI-8464 in a PXI-1036 chassis and LabView 2018. I'm not sure of the exact driver, but it looks...

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Using RS485 to perform UART communication between Multiple MCUs

Hi folks,I have been working on performing UART communication between multiple devices and so I chose RS485. I am using Waveshare USB to RS485 and pyserial library. I am continuously polling the...

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Sensor logging into excel on pc and what national instrument do i need usb...

Sensor logging into excel on pc and what national instrument do i need usb 6008 or usb 6009 the laser sensor is pnp

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Benefits of Choosing JM Used Auto Spare Parts for Your Vehicle

Finding reliable and high-quality auto parts is essential for keeping your vehicle running smoothly. Many car owners prefer JM Used Auto Spare Parts because of its affordability and quality assurance....

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Communication between an ethernet server to Labview/Compactrio

Hello everybody, I am working on a control system between a fanuc r-2000ic robot with a R30ib+ controller and a compactRIO.My controller allows for scanner functions so I wanted to establish an...

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Reading a Logix500 Tag that has a Scope limited to a Tasks (not global)

We have a Rockwell PLC (RS 5000) that has multiple tasks (seen in S02). Each task has scores of tags defined.We can read Global Tags (shown in S00) but we are not able to read tags that are scope...

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Communicating with a Siemens G120x VFD using Ethernet/IP

I'm new to Ethernet/IP and am running into an issue attempting to control a Siemens VFD using this protocol with LabVIEW.  I am using the read/write single attribute VIs, and am successful in reading...

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Using PC as etherCAT master to control servo motors

Hi!  I am looking for a way to control a servo motor through labview on etherCAT using my pc as master instead of cRIO, pxi etc. Is there a way to do that?  Cheers,  Anthon 

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How to convert a hexadecimal 1D array to Packed ASCII in HART Communication...

I'm working on HART communication protocol with LabVIEW for my project. Here, I have to convert a hexadecimal 1D array to packed ascii to represent it as a readable format. I'm able to convert the hex...

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Clarify how NI 9467 behaves when GPS signal lost

I've deployed a system using an NI 9467 GPS card to ensure data is acquired at top-of-second according to GPS using the Pulse per second (PPS) functionality. My client has asked how the timing system...

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Read Strings from AB PLC Faster When Using Ethernet/IP

I am looking to improve the read speed of string tags when using the ethernet/ip package to communicate with an Allen-Bradley PLC. Currently, I am reading each string tag individually, as the...

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Not able to figure out RTP protocol

I am trying to implement real time protocol(RTP). But I am struggling to make header for the RTP, I am struggling in bit manipulation, can anyone please help me out.

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cRIO EtherCAT Master 3rd Party Slave - PDO read error after SDO read/write

Hello All, I am running Labview 2020cRIO 9064EtherCAT to ATI Mini58 Force/Torque Sensor In general, the PDO read/write works (running headless as a start up app on cRIO). The issue I'm having is, when...

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