NI USB-6008 and Ubuntu 18.04

[mikambrs]

Dear All,

We have NI USB-6008 and we are trying to use it from an Ubuntu machine (18.04). 

I install the driver from this page: https://www.ni.com/nl-be/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-daqmx.html#460239

And I tried to follow this Python example to use the board: https://nidaqmx-python.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

However, I got an error showing me that the Device Dev1 can not be found. I checked the name of the Device from a Window Machine with NI Max (indeed it was Dev1).

Could anyone help me?

Thank you in advance. 

Michele

[santo_13]

It may not be the same name in Ubuntu as in Windows, it can vary machine to machine as the name is something assigned and not stored in the device.

[mikambrs]

Hi,

thanks for your answer. Do you know how to check the name of the device in Ubuntu? I saw that I can not use NI-MAX. 

Thanks for your help.

michele 

[santo_13]

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/18/daqmx-for-desktop-linux-tools.html

nilsdev seems to return the device names