Re: [OctDev] low level I/O (GPIB, USBTMC, VXI11)

[Jordi G. H. <jo...@oc...>]

Removing maintainers and help from this thread; until the lists are
merged, this is purely something that interests the OF packages.

On 27 November 2012 10:09, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wrote:

> "Ivan.Cousins" wrote:

>> For those wanting an open source (GNU) alternative to NI closed
>> source code here is a VXI11 set of source code by Steve D.
>> Sharples. The linux package can be compiled on Cygwin/Windows.
>> Hopefully this can be of use to someone.
>
> Did you read the start of this thread?
>
> As you can see at
> https://github.com/dac922/octave-instrument-control-toolbox/blob/master/vxi11_tb/build.sh

> I use this package for my octave VXI11 toolbox.

Is this exclusively the only package you use? Does your code link to
non-free libraries? If it does link to non-free libraries, please take
it down, as this is a GPL violation.

On 27 November 2012 10:17, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX wrote:
>
> Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
>>> Some years ago I already posted my toolbox for serial, tcp, gpib
>>> (and visa) to this list. Meanwhile I have added VXI11 and USBTMC.
>>> National Instruments GPIBENET-100 support is started, but even more
>>> incomplete than the rest of the toolbox. However, basic I/O is
>>> working and I'm able to talk with all of my instruments.
>>
>> It would be more useful if you could add your code to the existing
>> instrument-control package in OF and merge your instrument-control
>> with the one that Andrius Sutas wrote for SOCIS.
>>
>> Do you have the time and interest to do so?
>
> I have ported the TCP and USBTMC part. Could you take a look,
> please?

Andrius Sutas or Juan Pablo Carabajal may be better qualified than I
to judge this contribution. I am CC'ing them here.

As an aside, it's not "GNU/Octave". There should be no slash there.
The slash in "GNU/Linux" is meant to indicate that the operating
system is a combination of GNU with the Linux kernel. "GNU Octave"
isn't an operating system of which Octave is a kernel; it is merely a
GNU package.

- Jordi G. H.