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→‎Windows (cygwin): Added instructions for GPIB on Windows

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 For VXI11 support, please install 'rpcgen', 'libtirpc-devel', and 'libtirpc1' before installing instrument-control.
+To be able to use GPIB on windows, the linux-gpib library needs to be 'faked'. This can be done by copying the following script and run it in a bash-terminal.
+<source lang="bash">
+#!/bin/bash
+# fake_linux_gpib.sh, Kire Pûdsje, Dec 2017
+# This file generates a fake linux-gpib library on Windows, based on the
+# installed NI libraries.
+# Prerequisits are that during install of the NI drivers, the C/C++ support
+# and the NI Measurement & Automation explorer has been enabled.
+# this define should find the NI header file, if properly installled
+# otherwise just point it to the proper header file.
+NI_H_FILE="${NIEXTCCOMPILERSUPP}/include/ni4882.h"
+NI_DLL_FILE=ni4882.dll
+NI_DEF_FILE=/tmp/${0##*/}-$$.def
+# symlink NI header file
+mkdir -p /usr/include/gpib/
+ln -sf "${NI_H_FILE}" /usr/include/gpib/ib.h
+# generate .def for all functions in the NI header file with a NI488CC prefix
+echo LIBRARY ${NI_DLL_FILE} > ${NI_DEF_FILE}
+echo EXPORTS >> ${NI_DEF_FILE}
+grep "NI488CC  *[A-Za-z]" /usr/include/gpib/ib.h \
+  | sed "s/^.*NI488CC  *//" \
+  | sed "s/(.*$//" >> ${NI_DEF_FILE}
+# generate the wrapper library simulating gpib-linux
+dlltool -d ${NI_DEF_FILE} -l /usr/lib/libgpib.a
+#cleanup
+cat ${NI_DEF_FILE}
+</source>
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