Constant BSOD with nidgpibk.sys when receiving GPIB commands

[JasonW]

Greetings,

I have a mainframe with a PXI GPIB card installed.  I'm controlling the mainframe with my PC using GPIB and very frequently, the mainframe crashes (BSOD) listed nidgpibk.sys as the culprit.  Them mainframe manufacturer says they can only use NI-Device 1.1 since it's the only version compatible with their system.

Is nigpibk.sys part of the NI-Device install?  Is there any way to debug or fix this problem?

Thanks,

Jason

[Christopher_T.]

Hi JasonW,

Did this use to work or did it just start BSOD?

[weichers]

Hi,

Was there ever a solution found for this? I'm getting the same BSOD using the

nidmgpib.sys driver (v1.5).

The company we're working with says upgrading is not a quick fix, as they have

a lot invested in this driver.

Attached is the dump file.

Thanks,

Jeff

[JasonW]

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

This particular mainframe has BSOD in the past, but not nearly as frequently (maybe once a week versus the 3-5 times daily now), and I'm not sure if it was for the same reason.

I modified the code from the transmitting computer to delay how quickly the GPIB commands are sent and queried and that seemed to help reduce the amount of BSODs from 5x daily to maybe 1 every other day.

Thanks,

Jason

[Al.B]

Hi Jason,

to continue troubleshooting this issue, we would like a bit more information on the system:

1. What model is the PC you are using?  What is the processor type?
2. What OS is on the system?
3. generate a memory dump of the Blue screen.  When you've got the .dmp file, please send it to us

 Thanks!