Re: Measurement Computing - Computer Boards PCI cards

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On Wednesday 02 April 2003 02:06 am, Ivan Martinez wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 April 2003 07:45 pm, Alberto LUSIANI wrote:
> > According to documentation, PCI-DAS1000 is supported by comedi.  The
> > question is: does the available driver work (apart from calibration)?
> > This is not clearly stated in the documentation.  I am asking if
> > anyone has working experience with this card.
>
> It's difficult to mantain accurate status documentation, mostly because
> users don't report. My latest "official" claim is "There are many reports
> of the driver being used with most of the supported cards. Despite no
> detailed log is maintained, it can be said that the driver is quite tested
> and stable."

The calibration should also work, at least with the cvs versions of 
comedi/comedilib.  If it doesn't, I'd like to know.

>
> > Concerning PCI-DAS6023 and  PCI-DAS6023, MC claims they are
> > "functionally equivalent" to some NI boards that are supported by
> > comedi.  The comedi documentation does not claim anything.  In the CVS
> > logs I see these boards are mentioned, something was done to support
> > them.  In conclusion: does anybody have working experience with these
> > two boards with comedi, and if yes with what release of comedi and
> > comedilib?
>
> I found out "functionally equivalent" doesn't mean "compatible", so you
> can't use the NI drivers. I think they aren't supported by the cb_pcidas64
> driver either. I think they aren't supported by Comedi yet.

It is supported by the cb_pcidas64 driver and should work well.  I have a 
6025 which should be the same card with an analog output.  The last release 
of comedi (0.7.66 I think) should be fine.

- -- 
Frank

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