Discussion:
communicating with an HBM t12 torque transducer
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AnkeS
2007-09-28 16:40:16 UTC
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John,

I don't know how you are going to use the T12, but a short while ago we
completed some testquipment using this device to measure torque and rpm.

I just looked into the forum before going on vacation for 2 weeks, so I can only give you some basic infos now:

For configuration we used the software tool from HBM that you mentioned
, the "T12 Assistant". This tool required a USB CAN-Adapter from PEAK
Systems.

The T12 can be accessed via the CANopen protocol. There is a manual
describing the Service-Data-Objects (SDOs) and Process-Data-Objects
(PDOs).

For our testequipment we used
 - NI PCI-CAN/2 Hardware
 - LabVIEW 7.1 and the
 - NI-CanOpen-Library
to read the required Data as SDO objects.
Instead of using the CANopen-Library you could also code the required messages yourself, using the NICAN Channel- or Frame-API.


I hope this helps you to get started.
I shall be happy to try and answer any more specific questions when I return to work on October 15th.

Anke
AnkeS
2007-10-15 14:10:12 UTC
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John,

I am glad I could help :smileyvery-happy:

If you have any more questions, please don't hesitate to ask!


Anke

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