Copley Xenus Drive with PXI-8461

Hello,

I am trying to learn how to use the Copley Xenus drive with Copley's CMO library in LabVIEW. I'm struggling with finding a starting point. I'm new to using .NET framework and it seems like there should be an easier way to talk to the drive with LabVIEW. We're currently using a Moog drive with CANopen and the PXI-8461 CAN card. The VI's I'm trying to replace have API's to write over CAN. Do these NI-CAN API's work with any drive, or am I limited to using Copley's CMO (.NET Framework)?

Any tips would be great.

Thanks!