ESP 301 Controller (Newport stages) via Lab view

Does any one have experience with ESP 301 Controller(Newport Stages) control via labview ?
I am trying to find if there are any known issues and things I should be aware of before we start the project.
Thanks

I have only worked with the ESP300 in the past and that was quite a painful experience. It's GPIB interface works rather unreliably unless tickled always in a very specific way. Even then there are still occurrences where the motion axises suddenly seems to behave in an unexpected way, with settings that were absolutely fine before. I would hope that they improved the firmware of the ESP301 significantly but I can't vouch for that.
Rolf Kalbermatter
CIT Engineering Netherlands
a division of Test & Measurement Solutions

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