PCMCIA GPIB on LINUX

Has anyone heard of anyone doing any work on a driver for the
PCMCIA GPIB card for Red Hat?
Thanks in advance,
Keith

"Keith Rambo" wrote:
>>Has anyone heard of anyone doing any work on a driver for the>PCMCIA GPIB
card for Red Hat?>>Thanks in advance,>>Keith
Keith, if you get an answer thats positive can you forward it on please,
I'm try to get at the pcmcia bus using win4lin at the mo, sure is damn hard
regards richard

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Given the widespread use of Linux in research labs, such a lack of support is rather disappointing. I can't imaging that writing such a driver would be more work than a computer science student project.
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Is the PCMCIA card recognized by the NI-488.2 driver on your laptop? Are you able to communicate from Measurement and Automation with your instrument? What do you mean it does not recognize the sendIFC command? Does Visual Basic give you a runtime or a compile time error? Are you using the latest version of the driver? (Usually 2.1 unless you're on 95 or NT with your card)
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http://www.synchrotech.com/products-expc/expresscard-pcmcia-pc_cardbus_express2pcc_01.html

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Looking for legacy PCMCIA GPIB+ Cable

We are looking for one of the older style GPIB cables no longer manufactured by NI. It is for the PCMCIA GPIB+ (it's a wider single row of pins instead of the newer double row narrower connector to the PCMCIA card). Any length is fine. Original part numbers are: 182362-01 or -02 or -04. Reply to email address below with prices. We'll pay for shipping.
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Certified Professional LabVIEW Developer
Texas Mgt Associates, Inc.
9107 Marbach Road, Suite 225
San Antonio, TX 78245 USA
210-673-8422 (Main)
210-673-3622 (Fax)
http://www.t-m-a.com/
Email: [email protected]
TMA is a member of the National Instruments Alliance
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Hi Jaegen:
The GPIB card you have is obsolete and has an obsolete connector on it. If you have the original cable shipped from NI with it, you should be able to get it to work. We, however, do not sell these cables anymore. I have included an attachement here of the pinouts for the connector you have in case you can find an old cable or possibly make your own.
Thank you,
Emilie S.
National Instruments
Applications Engineer
Attachments:
CablePinouts.jpg ‏76 KB

PCMCIA GPIB on LINUX

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