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

[Juan P. C. <aju...@gm...>]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 4:47 PM, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 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.
>>
>
> vxi11_tb uses source code from Steve D. Sharples VXI11 library. Except of vxi11.x (which has it's own open source license) all GPL.
>
> gpib_tb uses linux-gpib (GPLv2)
>
> usbtmc_tb and tcp_tb uses libc
>
> dummy visa_tb uses openvisa (GPLv2)
>
>
>>>> 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.
>
> OK
>
>> 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.
>
> done
>
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I moved this thread to "[PKG] Instrument control: GPIB, USBTMC, VXI11"