The Commander series of controllers has a number of communication methods available. The default method is USB communication. There are also a number of available Serial Communication methods, including UART, I2C, and SPI.

In this section

  • USB Communication
    Communication between the PC and Commander series of controllers is done using Windows-compatible DLL API functions. Windows programming languages that use a DLL, such as Visual BASIC, Visual C++, Java, Python, LabVIEW, etc. can be used to communicate with the Commander core.
  • Serial Communication
    Commander controllers have the ability to communicate over a serial communication interface using an ASCII protocol. 
  • Identification Number
    Up to 64 devices to be connected to the same host, with a unique identification number for each device. 
  • Windows GUI

There are two Windows GUI programs for use with Commander controllers available via download.