howto find unix signal number (technical note 029) with linux ni488223L where AFAIK ibconf is missing ?

[jhack]

I installed ni488223L.iso package on linux (software to use NI ethernet100/gpib interface). It works fine with both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. I have a problem to implement an interrupt driven software following technical note 029. I did not find ibconf and could not figure out with gpibexplorer or otherwise the unix signal number (30 in the tech. note example ibconf screen). Am I missing something ?
thanks for any indication

[Geneva L.]

Hi, the NI-488.2 for Linux v2.3 driver doesn't support the ibsgnl function, and thus the Technical Note you are referring to doesn't quite apply.  The Technical Note should probably be updated to clarify what it applies to.  It should still apply to the Solaris and the old beta NI-488.2 Linux drivers.  Also, you noticed that now the Linux driver has gpibexplorer to configure properties instead of the ibconf depicted in the Technical Note.

Anyway, ibsgnl was deprecated in favor of ibnotify.  You can look at the Help file for ibnotify to learn how to use it for event notifications.  You can access the Help from the menu in gpibexplorer.

The NI-488.2 for Linux Readme will list the changes between v2.3 and the old beta drivers, in case you need that information.