National Instruments GPIB on linux
Manufacturer:
config file
PC_GPIBPC = device_name
PC_GPIBPC_L = device_name
edconf:
INTERFACES screen
GPIB DEVICE ADDR <>TYPE
YES /dev/gpib0/master National Instruments GPIB
YES /dev/gpib0/master Nat Inst GPIB (shared)
On linux platforms, there is a freely available GPIB driver
for National Instruments boards available by anonymous ftp from the site
koala.chemie.fu-berlin.de in the directory
/pub/linux/LINUX-LAB/IEEE488. That driver should be installed
and configured according to the documentation in the driver package.
Note, however, that the DMA option in the driver installation should
not be selected, as the implementation of DMA in the driver is notoriously
flakey. The only part of the driver package needed
by spec is the driver/gpib0.o module. spec does not use
any of the application library included with the driver package. The file
/etc/gpib.conf associated with the application library, so also is
not used by and does not influence spec . Also, spec
communicates with the driver directly through the
/dev/gpib0/master device node.
No other device nodes are used.
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