Copley Xenus Drive with PXI-8461

Hello,
I am trying to learn how to use the Copley Xenus drive with Copley's CMO library in LabVIEW. I'm struggling with finding a starting point. I'm new to using .NET framework and it seems like there should be an easier way to talk to the drive with LabVIEW. We're currently using a Moog drive with CANopen and the PXI-8461 CAN card. The VI's I'm trying to replace have API's to write over CAN. Do these NI-CAN API's work with any drive, or am I limited to using Copley's CMO (.NET Framework)?
Any tips would be great.
Thanks!

Matt,
http://www.copleycontrols.com/motion/Products/Software/netSoft.html
That is the link to download the CMO library. It appears that it is actually a .NET Framework DLL and not an API set. It would be better (obviously) to have an API that we can use, rather than the .NET Framework. In the CMO Programmer's Guide (link below), it shows on page 20 how to add the .NET reference to LabVIEW, but gives no real information on what to do past that, unfortunately.
http://www.copleycontrols.com/motion/pdf/CMO_programmersGuide.pdf
I did download the NI Industrial Communications for CANopen from the link in my previous post. I also read that the Industrial Communications for CANopen supports EDS files; I was able to find a Copley EDS for the drive, but I'm not sure how to implement it.
Thanks!

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