Any Linux DAQMX support at all for USB Multifunction I/O devices?

[garyogary]

Specifically, I would like to run an NI USB-6210 using Linux (CentOS8). I have successfully loaded the ni-daqmx 19.5 drivers, but I am finding no support for any NI USB multi-function I/O devices.  Am I correct in believing that there is no support for this configuration?  If not, is there any USB multi-function I/O device that has Linux driver support?  I do not want to go back to the apparently-deprecated NI Daqmx-base.  We are a large company using many NI devices in Windows platforms, but we have a specific need to use a Linux platform - hopefully with National Instruments I/O devices. 

[Jerry_X · Accepted solution]

At the moment the only USB devices supported by NI Linux Device Drivers (July 2019, DAQmx 19.5) are USB C-Series CompactDAQ chassis. Other USB Multifunction I/O devices are not supported.

Documented here by this KB:

https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA00Z0000019NhFSAU&l=en-US

and by the readme for NI Linux Device Drivers(July 2019):

http://download.ni.com/support/softlib//MasterRepository/LinuxDrivers2019/README.zip

We have not gotten a lot of feedback from customers that they want USB MIO devices support on Linux. Can you share the models of USB MIO devices that you would like to be supported on Linux? If this is a strong want and requirement for your company going forward, please do reach out to your sales representative to get this request into the product support pipeline.

[garyogary]

Thank you for the confirmation. Based on my research, I was fairly confident in my understanding but I just needed confirmation before I proceed.  We will talk with our sales rep but I will give you our basic reasoning for pursuing this Linux path. 

In some of our instruments, we have a requirement for a small/simple stand-alone device with no attached (external) computer.  We simply need enough compute power to log data across a network and provide a simple user interface.  A full Windows hardware and software platform is overkill. This lead me to look at Linux platforms that could run on simple single-board computers and allow for limiting the operating system compute footprint. We will be expanding our architecture investigation to include Windows-based platforms. Again, we will talk with our rep as we proceed with our investigation.  I appreciate your response.