Has anyone been able to communicate to Dover Motion controllers via Ignition? They claim to have a Python library, and C## commands. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Being that there are DLLs involved, I'm going to say this is a non-starter. Ignition's python is actually Jython, a Java-based implementation of Python. Unfortunately, DLLs don't play well with Java.
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Thank you Jordan.
I’ve been digging into this tempest myself. I’m wondering if I could call a batch file to run custom scripted programs from C-motion which is part of Dovers software package. I’m using vision on a client. Would this work? And if so, any tips?
Thank you again.
If not, I’ll have to run it the scripts through an Pi connected to the drive.
Sure, but a couple of caveats.
- By default, the client does not have rights to execute batch files directly.
- You would need to make a shortcut to the batch file, and set it to run as Administrator, then execute the shortcut from Ignition.
Vision does, as the logged in user.
As with most windows things, "it depends". 
The OSK, for instance, needs elevated privileges to run.
There's always TIAS...
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All good points, and info to consider.
Thank you so much for such quick response.