DSTAR-B missing in Linux Driver for NI-6674T

[HockeyFan1]

Hi there, 
  I'm trying to control the timing module NI-6674T through a linux program. There is a linux driver available in NI Github space (https://github.com/ni/ni6674t) but it does not seem to have implemented DSTAR-B lines. 

I checked the ni6674t_registers.h where the register map for input and output lines are defined and DTAR-B is totally missing (although entries for DSTAR-A exisit). 

I was wondering if there is a version of this driver which supports triggering through DSTAR-B? Otherwise, would it be possible to know the register map so that we could improve the driver and include DSTAR-B? 

Thanks,

[Captain_K]

That driver on Github is pretty old. NI actually has newer Linux drivers that we're hosting on our site. With the newer NI-Sync driver, you should be able to access and route DStarB.

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-linux-device-drivers.html#350003

These are now repository add-ons. Here are the instructions for the installation:

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/18/downloading-and-installing-ni-driver-...

*Make sure to remove any NI drivers that predate version 18.0 before install these.*

Here's the readme for the newest NI-Sync Linux driver. Please pay attention to the support OS section.

https://download.ni.com/ni-linux-desktop/2020.07/readme/drivers/readme_NI-Sync

Lastly, here are a couple overview documents about what's support between the 6674T and NI-Sync on a Linux OS.

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/19/ni-sync-limitations-on-linux-desktop-...

https://www.ni.com/en-us/support/documentation/supplemental/18/pxie-6674t-trigger-routing-in-linux-d...