USB-6009 support in ni-daqmx 18.1?

[majesticerik]

I'm pretty new to linux, and to NI. I have a USB-6009 and I would like to use it with linux. The readme for the NI-DAQmx 18.1 linux driver doesn't seem to list any USB devices, so I was wondering if it was even possible to use the USB-6009 in linux. 

Is my only option to use the very outdated DAQmxBase 15? That would require that I downgrade my OS and mess around with 4-year-old libraries.

[brettski · Accepted solution]

At the moment, there is no ability to use any USB DAQ hardware with the newer DAQmx drivers on Linux.

DAQmx Base 15 is the currently the best/only option for using that hardware in Linux.

Check out the DAQmx Base compatibility matrix though. It should support the current versions of CentOS and RHEL.

[majesticerik]

Thanks. I'll have to look at switching from SUSE. I wasn't aware of that matrix.

[chaff]

Has Linux support enabled USB device recognition since the Jan 2019 posts saying it was not available yet?

Specifically should nismbioscached work and create the USB device table in /run/nipxips/smbios/smbiosdmp ?

If yes, what opensuse version and ni-daqmx version?

I am on openSuse 15.2 and ni-daqmx version 20.1.