gpib.conf

Description

The library, and the administration tool gpib_config read their configuration information from the file gpib.conf. By default, file is located in the sysconfdir directory configured when linux-gpib was compiled. The sysconfdir is typically set to /etc or /usr/local/etc. A template gpib.conf file can be found in the util/templates/ subdirectory of the linux-gpib package.

The default config file may be overriden by setting the IB_CONFIG environment variable to a custom file path.

The configuration file must contain one 'interface' entry for each of the board minors that are going to be used, and can contain zero or more 'device' entries. 'device' entries are only required if you wish to open device descriptors with ibfind() instead of using ibdev(). Several example entries, and a table summarizing the possible options follow.

interface {
	minor = 0
	board_type = "ni_pci"
	pad = 0
	master = yes
}

interface {
	minor = 1
	board_type = "ines_pci"
	name = "joe"
	pad = 5
	sad = 0
	timeout = T10s
	pci_bus = 0
	pci_slot = 0xd
	master = no
}

interface {
	minor = 2
	board_type = "pcII"
	pad = 3
	sad = 0x62
	eos = 0x0d
	set-reos = yes
	set-bin = no
	set-xeos = no
	set-eot = yes
	base = 0x300
	irq  = 5
	dma  = 0
	master = no
}

device {
	minor = 0
	name = "counter"
	pad = 24
}

device {
	minor = 0
	name = "voltmeter"
	pad = 7
	sad = 110
	eos = 0xa
	set-reos = yes
	set-bin = no
	set-xeos = yes
	set-eot = no
	timeout = T1s
}