Control Micromaster Using Labview

Hello
I am trying to integrate the control of Micromaster 430 into an aplication in Labview.
I use "Starter" and "Drivemonitor" with the RS232 serial cable directly to control the micromaster, but I want to control it with Labview.
Does anybody know a library in LabView to control the micromaster?
I have see the USS parameters, but I am not sure that I can adjust the paramerts of the speed.
Thanks

Hi
Yes, Micromaster 430 is a Siemens device. The problem is not making the serial communication; the difficulty is that the communication is carried out under the USS protocol.
I have some information about the USS protocol, but it is a communication binary data of variable size. I don’t understand entirely the structure of this protocol.
So I seek help, albeit in another language such as C
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