Attempting to run an SCXI-2000 chassis over the serial port to a Mac.

[jsmukher]

I was told that this is not supported by NI. Can this be done using register level programming or some other method. The reason for serial communication is due to the distance requirement of roughly 300 feet. The mac RS-422 serial interface is cabable of this. Is there another solution out there Using a mac and an SCXI chassis over long distances. Remotely talking(wireless or ethernet) to a local computer near the experiment and using a DAQ Card interface to the SCXI chassis is not ideal solution.

[shawn]

Unfortunately, to communicate with an SCXI chassis via Serial port on the Macintosh would require that a driver for the SCXI 1200 and SCXI 2000 chassis be written. To write such a driver would not only require register level programming, but a thorough understanding of the SCXI hardware, some of which information might not be available in manuals and such. Because of this I don't think it would be feasible to use the SCXI 2000 chassis on a Mac.

I tried to think of other approaches, but the only alternatives I could think of were to use a Windows Machine with the SCXI 2000 or to put one Mac near the equipment, as you mentioned previously.