lib pylibni845x with the NI-8451

[aguilem]

Hello everybody,

I want to use the library pylibni845x https://bitbucket.org/amitibo/pylibni845x

And I have a problem by installing this library during the command prompt in the located directory of the library :
We see in the README.md :

Download the source files of PyLibNI845x and update 'setup.py' to point to the header and lib files of the NI-845x driver software.
Then, execute 'python setup.py install' from the command line.

I wrote the right location of the 2 files, ni845x.h and ni845x.lib which is installed from the official driver for the NI-8451 :

PACKAGE_NAME = 'ni845x'
NI_ICLUDE_DIR=r'C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C'
NI_LIB='ni845x'
IPOPT_LIB_DIR=r'C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C'

And then when I try to install it there is these error :

C:\Users\aguillem\Downloads\amitibo-pylibni845x-6e8f790dfa45>python setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
skipping 'src\cyni845x.c' Cython extension (up-to-date)
building 'ni845x.cyni845x' extension
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.14.26428\bin\HostX86\x64\cl.exe /c /nologo /Ox /W3 /GL /DNDEBUG /MD "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C" -IC:\Users\aguillem\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include -IC:\Users\aguillem\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\include -IC:\Users\aguillem\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\include "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.14.26428\ATLMFC\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.14.26428\include" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\NETFXSDK\4.6.1\include\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17134.0\ucrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17134.0\shared" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17134.0\um" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17134.0\winrt" "-IC:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\include\10.0.17134.0\cppwinrt" /Tcsrc\cyni845x.c /Fobuild\temp.win-amd64-3.6\Release\src\cyni845x.obj
cyni845x.c
c:\users\aguillem\appdata\local\continuum\anaconda3\lib\site-packages\numpy\core\include\numpy\npy_1_7_deprecated_api.h(12) : Warning Msg: Using deprecated NumPy API, disable it by #defining NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_7_API_VERSION
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(371): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(371): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(371): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xFindDevice'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(371): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(375): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(377): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(377): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(377): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xFindDeviceNext'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(377): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(380): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(382): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(382): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(382): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xCloseFindDeviceHandle'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(382): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(384): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(386): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(386): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(386): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xOpen'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(386): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(389): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(391): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(391): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(391): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xClose'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(391): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(393): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(395): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(395): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(395): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xDeviceLock'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(395): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(397): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(399): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(399): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(399): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xDeviceUnlock'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(399): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(401): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(403): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(403): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(403): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xStatusToString'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(403): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(407): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(409): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(409): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(409): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSetIoVoltageLevel'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(409): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(412): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(415): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(415): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(415): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSetTimeout'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(415): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(418): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(428): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(428): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(428): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiWriteRead'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(428): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(435): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(437): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(437): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(437): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiConfigurationOpen'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(437): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(439): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(441): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(441): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(441): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiConfigurationClose'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(441): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(443): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(445): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(445): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(445): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiConfigurationSetChipSelect'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(445): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(448): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(450): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(450): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(450): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiConfigurationSetClockRate'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(450): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(453): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(455): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(455): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(455): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiConfigurationSetClockPolarity'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(455): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(458): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(460): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(460): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(460): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiConfigurationSetClockPhase'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(460): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(463): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(465): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(465): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(465): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiConfigurationSetNumBitsPerSample'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(465): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(468): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(470): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(470): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(470): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiConfigurationSetPort'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(470): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(473): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(475): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(475): error C2085: 'NI845X_FUNC': not in formal parameter list
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(475): error C2146: syntax error: missing ',' before identifier 'ni845xSpiConfigurationGetChipSelect'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(475): error C2143: syntax error: missing ';' before '('
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(478): error C2059: syntax error: ')'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(480): error C2054: expected '(' to follow 'kNI845XExport'
C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\NI-845x\MS Visual C\ni845x.h(480): fatal error C1003: error count exceeds 100; stopping compilation
error: command 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Community\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.14.26428\\bin\\HostX86\\x64\\cl.exe' failed with exit status 2

 Is someone knows why there is this problem ?

I thank you in advence for your help !

Aguillem

[Baptiste69]

Hi, I would like to do exactly the same thing than you and I have the same issue.

Did you find a solution alone ? Can someone help us please ?

Thank you.

[aguilem]

Hello, no sorry I didn't find solution I firgive it.

But I also ask other people and there are some answer if you want to try and if you manage to do something let us know :

From: amitibo@campus.technion.ac.il <amitibo@campus.technion.ac.il>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2018 11:41 AM
To: Adrien Guillemin <adrien.guillemin@cern.ch>
Subject: Re: installing setup.py fail

Hi Adrien,

I haven't used this module for a long time as I don't work with NI hardware any more. The main problem with this is that the NI-845x software (from NI) has probably changed a lot since I wrote this module.

In any case, there seems to be some compilation error that is related to the  'src\cyni845x.c'  file which is generated by cython. Are you using a new version of cython? If not, maybe you can try to update cython, delete this file and run the setup script again.

Also, as far as I know, NI released python bindings to some of their hardware (http://www.ni.com/white-paper/53059/en/) maybe this can help you.

Best,

Amit