Controlling OPUS by Bruker with Labview

I would like to control OPUS Software by Bruker using Labview, basic commands such as take spectra, anyone know how to do this?
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This process is fairly straight forward, because OPUS is an ActiveX compatible program, with a wide array of DLLs to run any process you want. Simply insert an automation refnum on the front panel of your VI. Right click the arrow icon, scroll down to Select ActiveX Class, and browse through the DLLs you have on your PC. You'll want to select OPUSCMD version XX, depending on the version of OPUS you have. You now have free reign on what processes you want to control via Invoke and Property Nodes in the Application Control on the Block Diagram.
It's pretty straight forward from there, and the sky's the limit depending on how complex you want to get with your FTIR automation. If you're familiar with Visual Basic, you can write an experiment file (XPM) file that can do anything (collect Backgrounds, Samples, Analysis, QUANT, you name it). I have attached a screen shot of the block diagram of a program I've put together that Starts a VB Macro to collect a background spectrum at 1 cm-1 resolution. Like I said, the sky's the limit. Good Luck.
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