Re: solution for instrument-control, GPIB on windows.

[Pantxo]

Kire Pudsje wrote
> Hello all,
> 
> My boss is 'forcing' me to use Windows. This caused me to fix the
> instrument-toolbox on windows.
> Initially I modified the Makefile, so it linked to the national
> instruments
> library.
> After issues were raised by the maintainers about GPL and linking to a
> proprietary dll file, I now put instructions on the octave Wiki (
> https://wiki.octave.org/Instrument_control_package#Windows_.28cygwin.29)
> (Just posting here as well so it gets noticed, in case anyone is
> interested).
> It was surprisingly easy, since the linux-gpib library was based on the
> national instruments library. The solutions is now the other way. On
> Windows, I now fake the linux-gpib library based on the national
> instruments library.
> 
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Hi,

Thanks for the information.
Note that gpib, formerly hpib, is an open standard (ieee-488.2:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE-488) so linux-gpib is not "based on
national instruments library", it simply implements the very same API.

Pantxo



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