Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Benjamin Franksen <[email protected]> · Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:06:17 +0200

On Wednesday 19 September 2007 21:37, Szalata, Zenon M. wrote:
> I am having difficulties installing a support package for Agilent E2050
> ethernet-GPIB gateway device.  I got the package from
> http://www-csr.bessy.de/control/SoftDist/gpib/  The installation
> instructions are not clear.  This is an extract from the lanGpib.pdf
> file:
>
> This section explains how the lanGpib driver is installed in an existing
> EPICS environment.  By far the easiest way to install the package is to
> create a seperate <top> area (named, for example, 'GPIB') with
> makeBaseAp.pl (this requires that you use EPICS3.13.1 or later). Copy the
> tar file into the new <top> directory and unpack it.  You may need to
> adapt the config/RELEASE resp. config/RELEASE.<arch> to your local EPICS
> configuration. Then 'make' everything from the <top> directory.
>
> First of all I assume that the author of the note ment makeBaseApp.pl in
> epics base?  Perhaps not. The Makefiles which came with the package are
> inconsistent with existing file names and directory structure created by
> the makeBaseApp.pl.  I am trying to install in the context of epics
> R3.14.9. The instructions provided with the distribution seem out of
> date.  I guess I need up to date instructions.  Any help will be
> appreciated.

All the modules from that site are for EPICS 3.13 only. For 3.14 you should 
use asyn. lanGpibSupport-2.4.c is a very old version that I don't recommend 
to use. I won't provide support or fixes for this version. I still support 
gpib-0.x, although it is not actively developed any longer and the last 
release is from Jan 2006.

Cheers
Ben

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System