NI 9503 C Series Stepper Drive Modules and SoftMotion Module
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Note
If you do not see the controller, you may need to disable the firewall on the
development computer. Go to
ni.com/info
and enter
RIOMAXTroubleshoot
for more information.
6.
Verify that the
Serial Number
in the
System Settings
section matches the serial number
on the device.
7.
Select a recommended software set that includes NI CompactRIO 14.0 or later. Click
Help
if you need information about installing recommended software sets.
8.
Click
Next
.
9.
Select
LabVIEW SoftMotion Module
from the add-ons list.
10. Click
Next
to install the selected software on the controller.
11. Make a note of the IP address assigned to the controller, to use when adding the target in
LabVIEW.
12. Close MAX.
Using NI 9503 with SoftMotion
The following tutorial walks you through using an NI 9503 UDV axis using the
9503 Stepper
Drive (NI 9503)
sample project. This project shows how to configure the NI 9503 for a
UDV axis using the LabVIEW project and contains all required UDVs for use with the NI 9503.
1.
Select
File » Create Project» Sample Projects» SoftMotion » Stepper Drive (NI 9503)
to access the sample project provided for the NI 9503
2.
Select
Position Profile
as the
Project Type
in the
Create Project
window and click
Finish
.
3.
Right-click the
RT CompactRIO Target
item in the
Project Explorer
window and select
Properties
from the shortcut menu to open the real-time target properties dialog box.
4.
On the
General
page, enter the IP address you configured in
Step 4: Connect the System to
AC Power
.
5.
Click
OK
.
6.
Right-click the target and select
Connect
from the shortcut menu. The RT target icon in the
Project Explorer
window changes to indicate a front panel connection with the RT target.
SoftMotion UDV Axes and Configuration Data
This section describes each UDV used in the example and explains how module configuration
data is communicated from the LabVIEW Project to the LabVIEW FPGA Module.
1.
Expand the
RTCompactRIO Target
item in the
Project Explorer
window.
2.
Expand the
Chassis
item, then expand the
User-Defined Variables
item to display the
UDVs used in the example. Figure 5 shows the UDVs displayed in Project Manager.
