Accessing Newport ESP 300 Controller with RS232 Interface

I am trying to access Newport ESP 300 Controller with RS232 interface. My goal is to read Newports collected data with LabView using RS232 Interface. Are there Vi's ore any support available? thank you.

Hi
we have built some routines for this machine
LabVIEW 6.1
are you interested?
greetings from the Netherlands

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