The National Instruments GPIB driver

The National Instruments GPIB driver software can be downloaded here. The source file that we are using on the STXM outboard is nigpib-linux-0_6_tar.gz. Unzip the file into the directory /usr/local/src/ and install the driver by doing:

[root@xray4 nigpib-0.5.1]# ./INSTALL

The following lines is what you should see and choose during the installation process:

NI-488.2 GPIB Driver for Linux/x86 (Beta Release 0.5.1)
Copyright (C) 1999-2000 National Instruments Corporation.
Supports AT-GPIB/TNT, AT-GPIB/TNT PnP, and PCI-GPIB cards ONLY.
Note that PCII/a and PCMCIA cards are NOT supported; see README for more info.

This driver requires a stable Linux 2.0.x or 2.2.x series kernel with
loadable modules and module versioning enabled.

Your kernel appears to be configured properly to build NI-GPIB for Linux.
Do you want to proceed? [yn] y

gcc -c -O -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/include/linux/modversions.h -D__GPIBDRIVER__   -o ib_linux-2.2.14-5.0.o ib_linux.c
ld -r -o nigpib.o  ib_ni.o ib_linux-2.2.14-5.0.o
cp nigpib.o nigpib-2.2.14-5.0.o
Copied nigpib.o driver to modules directory /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc
 
Devices created.
Probing for PCI-GPIB.
No PCI-GPIB boards detected.
Do you have an AT-GPIB/TNT board installed? [ny] y
 
NOTE: If you have an AT-GPIB/TNT+ Plug-n-Play card, please read the README.PNP
first for instructions on setting up your card before proceeding with
installation.
 
 
Enter AT-GPIB/TNT I/O base address, or 'q' [0x2c0]
Enter AT-GPIB/TNT IRQ [11]
Enter AT-GPIB/TNT DMA Channel (-1 for none) [5]
 
Using I/O 0x2c0, IRQ 11, DMA 5
 
Configure another AT-GPIB/TNT card? [ny] n
/etc/conf.modules is up to date.
 
Installation complete.