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Chapter 1 - Overview
Introduction
Congratulations on your selection of PMAC and PMACPanel for National
Instruments LabVIEW, Delta Tau’s complete motion control and
instrumentation package. When you selected PMAC for the motion control
portion of your DAQ application you gained far more than a simple positioning
system. You get an integrated precision motion programming system with
incredible capabilities.
With PMACPanel an entirely new world of motion control applications and
capabilities opens. Motion that triggers acquisitions and responds to data
gathered by SCXI, VXI, and industrial automation networks such as Device Net
and Field Bus is now possible using LabVIEW’s very popular and powerful
graphical programming environment.
PMACPanel is an easily extensible set of more than 250 Virtual Instruments
(VIs), Indicators, and Controls that allow you to communicate with and control
PMAC from LabVIEW. It allows you to create a LabVIEW application that can
monitor and control everything PMAC is doing using LabVIEW while at the
same time preserving your understanding of the existing PMAC interface.
Manual Layout
This manual explains how to install and use PMACPanel to develop custom
applications. It assumes the system integrator and PMACPanel developer has a
basic understanding of the PMAC motion control board and LabVIEW. It does
not cover the hardware and electrical configuration of PMAC or the use of
Pewin32. If questions about a particular aspect of the installation arise, do not
attempt the task until a thorough understanding is gained. Feel free to contact
Delta Tau Data Systems, Inc., technical support at any time during installation.
Refer to the Technical Support paragraph below for information on contacting
our technical support department.
Organization
The manual is comprised of 13 chapters that take you through PMACPanel’s
many capabilities with installation instructions, architecture basic, tutorials,
Chapter 1 - Overview
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