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Hi everyone, 

 

I recently bought a multifunction DAQ USB-6218 and installed all the software for it (namely, nidaqmxbase and nikal).

 

When I connect the device to my computer, I don't see the power/activity light blinking like my other DAQ USB-6008.

 

tog@home ~ $ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 8086:0189 Intel Corp. 
Bus 002 Device 008: ID 18d1:4ee2 Google Inc. Nexus 4 (debug)
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 008: ID 3923:7269 National Instruments Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1bcf:2b81 Sunplus Innovation Technology Inc. 
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 138a:0011 Validity Sensors, Inc. VFS5011 Fingerprint Reader
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0024 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub 

 

lsdaq

 

tog@home ~ $ lsdaq
--------------------------------
Detecting National Instruments DAQ Devices
Found the following DAQ Devices:
--------------------------------

 

 Running sudo FWUpdate doesn't list any devices.

 

Thanks in advance!

 

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Bump. There must be some log file or some firmware update procedure that I'm missing. Any help would be really appreciated!

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Hello tog000,

 

I have a couple questions that will help clarify your setup so that I can help troubleshoot your hardware connection.

 

 

  1. Which Linux distribution are you running?
  2. Which version of NI-DAQmx Base do you have installed?
  3. Which version of NI-KAL do you have installed? Please refer to this document to ensure that you have the proper version of NI-KAL installed for your Linux distribution: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/2B4BB2B78A02C2FA86257BD500605CAD
  4. Did you experience any errors when installing NI-KAL? Please refer to this knowledge base article for one error case when NI-KAL will be unable to start: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/20789C3E4A3DCAFB8625708B00693CF9?OpenDocument. In this case, there should have been an installation error for NI-KAL.


Thank you for the additional information!

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Thank you Earl. Sorry for the delay in replying.

 

  1. Ubuntu 14.04 64bit
  2. nidaqmxbase-3.7.0.iso 
  3. NI-KAL 14.0
  4. No errors besides the usual porting of RPMs to DEBs

The DAQ works just fine in OpenSUSE, but I have certain system components that I cannot port. The surprising part is that the cheaper USB DAQ works just fine, but this one (6218) doesn't.

 

Thanks in advance!

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Hello tog000, 

 

Has the device worked properly in any other computer? Has it worked before?

 

Regards

 

Ernesto

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I have a computer running OpenSUSE 32bit and the device works there.

 

I verified that the nikal module is loaded in Ubuntu, but there are certainly more NI modules being loaded into the OpenSUSE kernel that I don't see in the Ubuntu kernel. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find which package they come from and verify they are being installed.

 

Oddly enough, the DAQ USB-6008 works just fine in Ubuntu with the NIKAL driver.

 

Thanks!

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Hello tog000,

 

Could you please tell me which National Instruments drivers do you have installed in the computer with openSUSE? Also the versions of the installed drivers over there.

Then I will also like to know what are the drivers and the their versions, that are installed in the computer with Ubuntu. 

 

Regards. 

 

Ernesto

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Hi Ernesto, 

 

I will get you this information first thing tomorrow.

 

Thanks for all your help!

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Hi Ernesto, 

 

I tried to list packages in OpenSUSE, but I didn't have luck with that, so instead I ran what I had run before:

 

lsmod | grep "ni"

 

On Ubuntu:

 

nikal                 109014  0 
ghash_clmulni_intel    13259  0 
aesni_intel            55624  2 
aes_x86_64             17131  1 aesni_intel
lrw                    13286  1 aesni_intel
glue_helper            13990  1 aesni_intel
ablk_helper            13597  1 aesni_intel
cryptd                 20359  3 ghash_clmulni_intel,aesni_intel,ablk_helper

On OpenSUSE:

 

nimxdfk               495736  1 
nipxirmk              206562  1 
nidimk                328434  2 nipxirmk
nimdbgk               381773  3 nimxdfk,nipxirmk
niorbk                100919  4 nimxdfk,nipxirmk,nidimk,nimdbgk
nipalk               1222196  8 NiViPciK,nimxdfk,nipxirmk,nidimk,nimdbgk,niorbk
nikal                 101545  2 nipxirmk,nipalk
aesni_intel            18156  0 
ablk_helper            13357  1 aesni_intel
lrw                    13057  1 aesni_intel
aes_i586               16995  1 aesni_intel
xts                    12749  1 aesni_intel
There is a big difference in modules, but I can't seem to find or install them under Ubuntu. Thanks in advance!
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Hello Tog000, 

 

I checked and it seems that Ubuntu is not one of the National Instruments supported distributions. 

 

But I was thinking the following links may have useful information for you to find help:

 

Technical Assistance for Linux and National Instruments Products
http://www.ni.com/white-paper/11803/en/

 

More specifically in:

https://decibel.ni.com/content/groups/linux-users

 

and the next link says which distributions are supported. 

 

What Linux Distributions Do National Instruments Drivers and Software Support?
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/4857A755082E9E228625778900709661?OpenDocument

 

Good luck with your application. 

 

Ernesto

 

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