GPIB-USB-HS+ on CentOS 7?

[huvx44]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this question is appropreate for this forum, if not, please excuse me.

I've been struggling to install the driver for GPIB-USB-HS+. I couldn't see any error during the installation, but when I try to run gpibexplorer, the window pops up and disappears right away with the following message:

libnipalu.so failed to initialize
Perhaps you need to run updateNIDrivers

So I did updateNIDrivers without any error again. After rebooting, it still says the same thing.

I did this on CentOS 7 (3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64, 64bit version, apparently). Does anyone have an idea?

[nyc_(is_out_of_here)]

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@huvx44 wrote:

Hi,

I'm not sure if this question is appropreate for this forum, if not, please excuse me.

I've been struggling to install the driver for GPIB-USB-HS+. I couldn't see any error during the installation, but when I try to run gpibexplorer, the window pops up and disappears right away with the following message:

libnipalu.so failed to initialize
Perhaps you need to run updateNIDrivers

So I did updateNIDrivers without any error again. After rebooting, it still says the same thing.

I did this on CentOS 7 (3.10.0-229.14.1.el7.x86_64, 64bit version, apparently). Does anyone have an idea?

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GPIB-USB-HS+ is  not supported.  http://download.ni.com/support/softlib//gpib/linux/15.1/README.txt

[huvx44]

Thank you for the reply, but I think it is supposed to support, for example, supported hardware section in http://www.ni.com/download/ni-488.2-15.1/5631/en/ includes it. I suppose README.txt is somewhat outdated.

Besides, I realized that my problem is not about a specific model, it's about the installation of driver. It should anyway show gpibexplorer GUI window even though I don't have any GPIB device connected, right?

In README.txt, troubleshooting section, there is a FAQ related the same error message, but the solution only assumes the case using 32-bit distro, but in my case, I'm using 64-bit distro..

It would be very appreciated if anyone give a hint.

[gpibtester · Accepted solution]

Hi,

As Jason Smith reported in a similar discussion about GPIB-USB support on RHE 7:

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Instrument-Control-GPIB-Serial/usb-gpib-hs-support-under-Red-Hat-7/td-p/3235...

The list on the web page is incorrect and that you should refer to the list of supported hardware in the Readme.txt file:

http://download.ni.com/support/softlib//gpib/linux/15.1/README.txt

We are still working to get the web page correctly updated. Sorry for any confusion this has caused!

gpibtester

[jrousey]

If possible, since it's been a couple years, I'd like to revisit this topic:

Is the GPIB-USB-HS+ supported by a linux driver?     If not now, when will it be?

Since the previous model has become difficult to purchase we need to replace with a newer model -- problem is it doesn't seem to be supported with a Linux hardware driver.    HELP!

[jamwheeler]

Same question, GPIB-USB-B on CentOS 7. Any updates?

[jamwheeler]

Got it to work with third party using this library on CentOS 7. It worked with an NI-USB-GPIB-HS, not with the NI-USB-GPIB-B.

https://github.com/vddvss/linux-gpib-packaging/issues/2