Program a 3 axis position movement

I have a motion controller from Nationa Aperture Inc., Model MC-CQ-4X, which controls the position movement of X-Y-Z axis. First I'm not sure if I need a driver from this manufacture, if I do , I have not located one from the list. I have very little experience with labview and need a startup process in the block diagram. There are 3 comm ports for each axis. So, how do I setup the labview program to control movement of each axis. Please send an example setup program showing the block diagram setup.

Hi MR2SAILOR,
Thanks for the additional information. It sounds like you'll need to treat this more like an instrument driver issue than a motion control issue. I searched on our Instrument Driver Network (ni.com/idnet) and I didn't find anything from that manufacturer. Have you tried contacting National Aperture to see if they have an instrument driver available? I looked around a bit on their website and it seems like they intend for people to use their products with LabVIEW.
To clarify, do you have NI-VISA installed?
Michael B.
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