Re: trouble with comedi_config and cio-das1602/16

On 19/04/2006 17:13, Russell Poyner wrote:
> I recently upgraded(?) from a vintage metrabyte das16 board to an isa 
> cio-das1602/16 board.  The cio board seems to function properly in instacal 
> (dos), but i am having trouble configuring it under comedi.
> 
> comedi_config /dev/comedi0 cio-das1602/16 0x300
> 
> works, and gives:
> 
> comedi0: das16: 0x0300-0x030f 0x0700-0x0708
>   id bits are 0xc0
>   1MHz pacer clock
>   ( no irq ) ( no dma )
> 
> in the kernel log.
> 
> Any attempts to pass additional options, like the dma channel causes 
> comedi_config to print it's help screen and exit while doing nothing.  This 
> is a bother since the cmd interface requires at least a proper dma 
> configuration.  My comedi setup was working with the older das16 board so the 
> trouble seems to be related to the change.

Seems odd.  Are you specifying the options correctly?  The options 
should be a single command-line parameter of comma-separated values, 
something like this:

comedi_config /dev/comedi0 cio-das1602/16 0x300,0,3

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Received on 2006-04-20Z14:31:44