Julien Salort wrote: > That makes 3 packages for the same purpose. However, I don't know about > yours, but mine uses National Instruments libraries for VISA and DAQmx, > and free libraries for FireWire cameras and Modbus. > > I guess the NI part is not compatible with octave-forge policy of not > encouraging using proprietary software.
I wrote the toolbox for my work, where I use Windows and Linux. Since NI VISA is very complicated to install on Ubuntu - if even possible on actual 64bit installation - I had to find other ways. Besides that, I think linking to NI VISA would violate the GPL. For linux you can talk to all instruments without using any proprietary software. For windows you still have a problem if you don't have serial or LAN based instruments or at least a VXI11-GPIB gateway. Of course, the best way to communicate with instruments would be using the VISA interface, but you need a (working) free VISA library first. Stefan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor your physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure from a single web console. Get in-depth insight into apps, servers, databases, vmware, SAP, cloud infrastructure, etc. Download 30-day Free Trial. Pricing starts from $795 for 25 servers or applications! http://p.sf.net/sfu/zoho_dev2dev_nov _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
