Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

Eric Norum <[email protected]> · Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:19:06 -0500

I've put together a simple set of steps to get started with ASYN/
VXI-11.. I've sent a copy to Zenon. If it's found to be useful
I'll put a copy on the EPICS Wiki.

On Sep 20, 2007, at 3:06 AM, Benjamin Franksen wrote:
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

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Eric Norum <[email protected]>
Advanced Photon Source
Argonne National Laboratory
(630) 252-4793

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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