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! !! Linux !! | ! !! Linux !! Windows (Cygwin) !! Windows (native) !! FreeBSD !! Mac OS X | ||
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! Serial | ! Serial | ||
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! i2c | ! i2c | ||
| bgcolor="green" | v0.1.0 || - || - || bgcolor="skyblue" | stalled || - | | bgcolor="green" | v0.1.0 || - || - || bgcolor="skyblue" | stalled || - | ||
|- | |- | ||
! TCP | ! TCP | ||
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{{Code|Check for interface support|<syntaxhighlight lang="octave" style="font-size:13px"> | {{Code|Check for interface support|<syntaxhighlight lang="octave" style="font-size:13px"> | ||
pkg load instrument-control | pkg load instrument-control | ||
if | if (exist("serial") == 3) | ||
disp("Serial: Supported") | disp("Serial: Supported") | ||
else | else | ||
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#similarly with: | #similarly with: | ||
# | #exist("parallel") == 3 | ||
# | #exist("i2c") == 3 | ||
</syntaxhighlight>}} | </syntaxhighlight>}} | ||
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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. | 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 | #!/bin/bash | ||
# fake_linux_gpib.sh, Kire Pûdsje, Dec 2017 | # fake_linux_gpib.sh, Kire Pûdsje, Dec 2017 | ||
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# set the base for includes and libraries on your system | # set the base for includes and libraries on your system | ||
# it is | # it is usally /usr, but on newer windows installs of octave, it will be | ||
# /mingw64 | # /mingw64 | ||
INSTALL_BASE=/usr | INSTALL_BASE=/usr | ||
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#cleanup | #cleanup | ||
rm -f ${NI_DEF_FILE} | rm -f ${NI_DEF_FILE} | ||
</ | </source> | ||
== MacOS == | == MacOS == | ||
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If rpcgen cannot be build from source, the following error might be obtained: | If rpcgen cannot be build from source, the following error might be obtained: | ||
<syntaxhighlight | <syntaxhighlight style="font-size:13px"> | ||
pkg: error running `make' for the instrument-control package. | pkg: error running `make' for the instrument-control package. | ||
error: called from | error: called from | ||
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== i2c == | == i2c == | ||
i2c | |||
== TCP == | == TCP == | ||
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# Convert uint8 array to string, | # Convert uint8 array to string, | ||
char(data) | char(data) | ||
# close | # close usbtmc session | ||
vxi11_close(t0) | vxi11_close(t0) | ||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
}} | }} | ||
=== Limitations === | === Limitations === | ||
For now, | For now, | ||
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* Setting minor, sad, send_eoi and eos_mode is not implemented yet. | * Setting minor, sad, send_eoi and eos_mode is not implemented yet. | ||
* Every read or write command opens and closes a new gpib session, since the linux-gpib session pointer is only valid for single command. | * Every read or write command opens and closes a new gpib session, since the linux-gpib session pointer is only valid for single command. | ||
[[Category:Octave Forge]][[Category:Packages]] | [[Category:Octave Forge]][[Category:Packages]] |