From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jun 24 00:35:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA00434 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 00:35:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA00425 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 00:35:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id QAA23342; Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:58:54 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706240728.QAA23342@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: GPIB program? In-Reply-To: <87oh8w7b9t.fsf@ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de> from Thomas Gellekum at "Jun 24, 97 08:41:50 am" To: tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de (Thomas Gellekum) Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 16:58:54 +0930 (CST) Cc: bad@uhf.wireless.net, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Thomas Gellekum stands accused of saying: > Bernie Doehner writes: > > > I have a national instruments GPIB card and I am trying to use it under > > FreeBSD. I noticed the "gp" device, so I know there is at least a driver > > that can be compiled into the kernl, but do we have a program in the ports > > collection that talks to the driver and records the data? > > Fred Cawthorne (sp?) has a new version of his driver. I can send it to > you if you want. It contains a library for acccessing the device. Just FWIW, NI have a a developer's kit for the PCI version of this card. We were looking at it, but with their new PCI 32-bit DIO card, I can't see us going that way. Regardless, if you need _fast_ GPIB, the DDK was ~US$500 with an NDA. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[