Re: [comedi] NI PCI-6120 support

Heinrich M <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Feb 2022 06:08:20 -0800 (PST)
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Thank you very much for your quick response.
It would probably be a miracle, if such a driver will be release soon/ever?

Ian Abbott schrieb am Mittwoch, 16. Februar 2022 um 14:59:14 UTC+1:

> Hello Heinrich,
>
> On 16/02/2022 13:26, Heinrich M wrote:
> > Hello everybody
> > 
> > We recently acquired three new PC for using our old but gold NI PCI-6120 
> > cards. Two of them will run on Windows with LabVIEW, so no problems 
> > there. However one was meant to work under Debian 11.2 with an in house 
> > comedi based feedback program. So far this program was used in a 
> > slightly older PC with a PCI-6031E and works just fine.
> > 
> > Now with the PCI-6120 i can not access the device. The error message 
> > "/dev/comedi0: No such file or directory" pops up. When looking for 
> > solutions it first seemed like the card just needs to be configured 
> > manually. I was in the middle of the process as explained at
> > relacs.sourceforge.net/doc/api/comedi/index.html
> > at step 11, however there is no file called /etc/init.d/boot.local which 
> > was referd to in the tutorial. I guess, that I could just create my own 
> > script, which is used during the system start up.
> > 
> > Now I didn't know, that comedi doesn't support all NI cards. The 6120 is 
> > unfortunately also not listed. So before I waste more of my work hours 
> > for this: Will the card be able to work at all with comedi? If so, what 
> > would be the steps I need to take? Does the support list only refer to 
> > autoconfigs? If not, is there an alternative?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > Heinrich M
> > 
> > The system:
> > Debian 10 with the real time kernel 4.19.0-17-rt-amd64
> > i5-9600k (HTT disabled)
> > Some Asus Board with two PCI slots (lspci shows the pci-6120)
> > 16 GB of RAM
>
> Unfortunately, you are correct that comedi currently does not support 
> the 6120. I think the hardware is similar to 6115 (they share some NI 
> manuals), but 6115 is not supported either. There is a comment in 
> comedi's ni_pcimio driver code that reads "The 6115 boards probably need 
> their own driver" so I don't think ni_pcimio.c (and ni_mio_common.c) 
> could be easily modified to support these cards. It probably really 
> does need a new driver to support the 6115 and 6120 cards.
>
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<div>Thank you very much for your quick response.</div><div>It would probab=
ly be a miracle, if such a driver will be release soon/ever?</div><br><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"gmail_attr">Ian Abbott sch=
rieb am Mittwoch, 16. Februar 2022 um 14:59:14 UTC+1:<br/></div><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid=
 rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hello Heinrich,
<br>
<br>On 16/02/2022 13:26, Heinrich M wrote:
<br>&gt; Hello everybody
<br>&gt;=20
<br>&gt; We recently acquired three new PC for using our old but gold NI PC=
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<br>&gt; cards. Two of them will run on Windows with LabVIEW, so no problem=
s=20
<br>&gt; there. However one was meant to work under Debian 11.2 with an in =
house=20
<br>&gt; comedi based feedback program. So far this program was used in a=
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<br>&gt; slightly older PC with a PCI-6031E and works just fine.
<br>&gt;=20
<br>&gt; Now with the PCI-6120 i can not access the device. The error messa=
ge=20
<br>&gt; &quot;/dev/comedi0: No such file or directory&quot; pops up. When =
looking for=20
<br>&gt; solutions it first seemed like the card just needs to be configure=
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<br>&gt; manually. I was in the middle of the process as explained at
<br>&gt; <a href=3D"http://relacs.sourceforge.net/doc/api/comedi/index.html=
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wNhVtgeEtpPqvmo5nU1eXoCrQ">relacs.sourceforge.net/doc/api/comedi/index.html=
</a>
<br>&gt; at step 11, however there is no file called /etc/init.d/boot.local=
 which=20
<br>&gt; was referd to in the tutorial. I guess, that I could just create m=
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<br>&gt; script, which is used during the system start up.
<br>&gt;=20
<br>&gt; Now I didn&#39;t know, that comedi doesn&#39;t support all NI card=
s. The 6120 is=20
<br>&gt; unfortunately also not listed. So before I waste more of my work h=
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<br>&gt; for this: Will the card be able to work at all with comedi? If so,=
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<br>&gt; would be the steps I need to take? Does the support list only refe=
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<br>&gt; autoconfigs? If not, is there an alternative?
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<br>&gt; Thanks in advance
<br>&gt;=20
<br>&gt; Heinrich M
<br>&gt;=20
<br>&gt; The system:
<br>&gt; Debian 10 with the real time kernel 4.19.0-17-rt-amd64
<br>&gt; i5-9600k (HTT disabled)
<br>&gt; Some Asus Board with two PCI slots (lspci shows the pci-6120)
<br>&gt; 16 GB of RAM
<br>
<br>Unfortunately, you are correct that comedi currently does not support=
=20
<br>the 6120. I think the hardware is similar to 6115 (they share some NI=
=20
<br>manuals), but 6115 is not supported either.  There is a comment in=20
<br>comedi&#39;s ni_pcimio driver code that reads &quot;The 6115 boards pro=
bably need=20
<br>their own driver&quot; so I don&#39;t think ni_pcimio.c (and ni_mio_com=
mon.c)=20
<br>could be easily modified to support these cards.  It probably really=20
<br>does need a new driver to support the 6115 and 6120 cards.
<br>
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