So I have installed the PCI-DIO-96 board in the computer.....Ubuntu picked
it up in the Device manager and called it by name.....How do I go about
loading the pci_8255 hal driver, What file do I modify in the config
directory, How do I know if EMC2 sees the board and its I/O points?
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Keeton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
> Well, I looked through the list of drivers and found the ones you are
> discussing. I will try them when the board arrives. After researching it a
> bit and looking at the board specs, It is an 8255 pci board. Is the hal
> driver for the 8255 limited on the I/O? I would like to access all 96 bits
> of my board if I can...
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Kasunich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 8255 driver
>
>
>> Dave Keeton wrote:
>>> So do I load the Linux driver for the NI PCI 96 I/O that I downloaded
>>> from
>>> Nation Instruments, or is this not the driver I need? I am not at all up
>>> to
>>> speed with doing this on linux/EMC! (Windows GEEK) How would I call the
>>> driver, Is it the same way you do for the hardware in the supported
>>> hardware
>>> list?
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>
>> You do not use the National Instruments driver.
>>
>> EMC2 uses "HAL" (Hardware Abstraction Layer) to access hardware. You
>> need a HAL driver for the board. EMC2 includes quite a few HAL drivers,
>> there have been two mentioned in this thread that might work for that
>> board, or that might be suitable as the start of a driver for that board.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John Kasunich
>>
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