Simulated I/O with Unix Console & LVemb8.5

[insane$object]

Hi,

I'm trying to understand the calling conventions for Unix drivers (open,read,ioctrl,etc); and as a starting point have tried to get the simulated I/O working as per the following tutorial page:

Using the UNIX Console Target with the LabVIEW Embedded Development Module

Everything seems to work ok in terms of building, running & debugging an application under this target except the elemental IO.  When I place "EIO Node.vi" on the block diagram, I'm unable to make an I/O selection from this node; it appears greyed out displaying only "I/O Name" in the EIO block; and my vi's run arrow is broken.

In the project explorer when I select Unix Console >> New >> Elemental I/O, I'm able to add the simulated I/O channels AI1 through AI4.  But when I try to set the properties for these channels within the project; Unix Console >> Analog Input >> AI1; the IO Node Project Panel shows up with the ADC and Waveform attributes all greyed out.

I'm using LV Emb 8.5 on XP with the latest cygwin.

I would appreciate any suggestions on how to get the simulated elemental I/O working, along with any documentation / example resources on how to call a Unix kernal module driver from within LabVIEW Embedded.

Thanks
Milan

[Michael.Phillips]

Hi,

I am unable to reproduce this unexpected behavior. If possible, please upload the zip archived contents of  LabVIEW 8.5\Targets\NI\Embedded\eio to ftp.ni.com/incoming . Let me know when you have it uploaded (and what the name is), and I can investigate further.

[insane$object]

Michael,

Thanks for your response.  I've tried to ftp the file to your site, unfortunately our IT department has some firewall issues that prevent me from uploading to an ftp site.  I've tried various programs, configurations, etc.

Is it possible for you to send me an email mpodhor1@visteon.com and I'll email you the zip file in return?

Thanks
Milan