Mostly stolen from: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~osc22/tutorials/gpib_usb_linux.html
Note unlike the ni_usb_b, this is the ni_usb_hs so no firmware has to be loaded at boot, thus gpib_config can be called directly.
Get latest source code
http://linux-gpib.sourceforge.net/
Typical build in /usr/local/src with
./configure
make
sudo make install
Edit configuration
sudo vi /etc/gpib.conf
board_type = "ni_usb_b"
name = "gpib0"
Add udev rules
sudo vi /etc/udev/rules.d/99-linux_gpib_ni_usb.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ATTR{idVendor}=="3923", ATTR{idProduct}=="709b", MODE="660", GROUP="username", SYMLINK+="usb_gpib"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", ENV{DEVTYPE}=="usb_device", ATTR{idVendor}=="3923", ATTR{idProduct}=="709b", RUN+="/usr/local/sbin/gpib_config"
KERNEL=="gpib[0-9]*", ACTION=="add", MODE="660", GROUP="username"
sudo udevadm control –reload-rules
Note udev will not run the gpib_config at boot, so add it in rc.local
sudo vi /etc/rc.d/rc.local
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/sbin/gpib_config
exit 0
sudo chmod +x /etc/rc.d/rc.local
sudo systemctl enable rc-local.service
systemctl status rc-local.service
Tests
Now plug in the adapter and run ibtest
Reboot and run ibtest
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