SmartMotor Interfacing w/ LabVIEW

Hi,
I am working on a project that is using an Animatics SmartMotor 1720 series. I would like to control my SmartMotor via LabVIEW but don't know how to interface the two. Also, I would like to be able to send information acquired in LabVIEW to my SmartMotor program to dynamically change how it runs.
More specifically, I have one SmartMotor connected to a calibrated syringe pump that is being used to simulate the heart beating. This is connected to a benchtop simulation of the cardiovascular circulation where the fluid is pumped through the circuit. Pressure sensors are incorporated into the circuit that acquire continuous data. I need use the peak pressure in the circuit to time the movement of another SmartMotor controlling another pump.
If this is posted in the wrong section please let me know. I understand if this question is more suitable for another board. I've read in multiple SmartMotor descriptions about the capability of it to be controlled with LabVIEW but have had zero luck finding any useful instructions on the web.
Thank You,
bsteinma

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The above is quoted from http://www.summerfiles.com/Eng/LabView/Labview.html. I believe the information on this site was compiled by an engineer employed with Animatics (based on a conversation with an Animatics rep). Is this what you were referring to as the activeX interface. I would like to try what they say "one customer" has done but don't know how to do this. The files that they are mentioning above are National Instruments LabVIEW drivers for SmartMotors. I don't know how to use these files. I'm also not sure if this will work for the motor I currently have. I've read threads about success with a 2315 SmartMotor but nothing about any of their other series of SmartMotors. Please let me know if clarification is needed as I tend to be unclear sometimes.
My supervisor knows someone who has communicated with a SmartMotor in the way we'd like but my supervisor is a physician and tends to be busy in the clinic so I'm trying to figure out some things in the meantime until he contacts his colleague.
Thank You,
bsteinma

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