Linux and Data Acquisition

Do you want to run a DAP board under Linux? If so, register your name, company, and e-mail address here and download the binary form of the driver for free. Using an iDSC board? Look for more information on DSCview for Linux. Do you need a custom version of this specialized software? Contact the System Integration group for more information on the solutions they can offer.

Microstar Laboratories supports a limited set of commercial Linux distributions. Contact us for details.

The ACCEL Driver file that you will download contains the Linux Data Acquisition Processor driver binary and its associated files. From the menus below, select the file for the Linux version and DAP board you use. Once downloaded, uncompress the file and expand it with the utility tar. Use the command tar -xvzf ACCEL32.TGZ (or appropriate file name). Within the archive are text-file instructions on the driver installation.

You may choose to use the Accel32 Server instead of the ACCEL driver. The Accel32 Server is now available for Linux and offers many features that the Windows Accel32 Service does using the DAPIO32 interface. Customers should use this server if they want to develop applications that take advantage of these features or are compatible (at code level but not at the binary level) with Windows applications. For more information on the features available, take a look at the DAPIO32 documentation on your DAPtools CD. Don't have a CD? Download a copy of the DAPtools Basic CD; this includes all of our user manuals and the software for Linux.

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If you use one of these DAP boards...	...download the Accel32 Server.¹
DAP 840 DAP 4000a DAP 4200a DAP 4400a DAP 5000a DAP 5016a DAP 5200a DAP 5216a DAP 5380a DAP 5400a	Accel32 PCI Server, v. 1.03.1, for Linux kernels 2.6.11, 2.6.13, and 2.6.18² (First view the Readme file for v. 1.03.1.) Accel32 PCI Server, v. 1.02.1, for Linux kernels 2.4.2 to 2.4.21³ Accel32 PCI Server, v. 1.01, for Linux kernel 2.4.18⁴ Accel32 PCI Server, v. 1.00, for Linux kernel 2.4.x⁵
	...or choose a PCI ACCEL option below.
	ACCEL PCI Driver, v. 1.06.1, for Linux kernels 2.4.2 to 2.4.21⁶ ACCEL PCI Driver, v. 1.05, for Linux kernel 2.4.18⁷ ACCEL PCI Driver, v. 1.04, for Linux kernel 2.4.x⁸ ACCEL PCI Driver, v. 1.02, for Linux kernel 2.2.x

If you use one of these obsolete DAP boards...	...choose an ISA ACCEL option below.
DAP 820, DAP 1200a, DAP 1200e, DAP 1216a, DAP 1216e, DAP 2400a, DAP 2400e, DAP 2416a, DAP 2416e, DAP 3000a, DAP 3200a, DAP 3200e, DAP 3216a, or DAP 3400a	ACCEL ISA Driver, v. 2.24, for Linux kernel 2.4.4 release ACCEL ISA Driver, v. 2.24, for Linux kernel 2.4.4, multi-processor version ACCEL ISA Driver, v. 2.24, for Linux kernel 2.4.2 release ACCEL ISA Driver, v. 2.24, for Linux kernel 2.4.2, multi-processor version ACCEL ISA Driver, v. 2.23, for Linux kernel 2.2.x release

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Version notes

1. The Accel32 Server was added April 2002. It is for PCI boards only and is not compatible with the PCI Accel drivers for Linux (PCIDAPS), also downloadable here. The file ACCEL32.TGZ contains the Accel32 Server for Linux binaries, the installation script and all the other files needed to use the Server and develop applications. The file must be uncompressed and expanded using the utility 'tar'. Copy this file to an installation directory, change to that directory and run the following command. After that, run the 'INSTALL' script from there to install the Server. tar -zxf ACCEL32.TGZ

2. Accel32 Server, v. 1.03: This version was added March 2006 and updated to v. 1.03.1 June 2007. It is expected to work with all 2.6.x kernels. It has been tested on distributions built on Linux kernel versions 2.6.18, 2.6.13, and 2.6.11. Support only is offered for these three distributions and not for any kernel older than 2.6.11. This release supports the version 4 gcc compiler. See also the Readme file.

3. Accel32 Server, v. 1.02.1: This version was added January 2004. It updates the software to include support for kernel 2.4.21 distributed by SuSE 9.0. As in the previous version 1.06, released June 2003, this release supports RedHat 9.0 Linux and the version 3 gcc compiler. No functional changes from previous versions. See also the Readme file.

4. Accel32 Server, v. 1.01: This version was added November 2002. It provides a pre-compiled binary for SuSE 8.0 with Linux kernel 2.4.18 running on a uni-processor machine. This release supports recompilation of the driver for Linux 2.4.x kernels built with gcc 2. No functional changes from previous versions.

5. Accel32 Server, v. 1.00: The Accel32 Server for Linux download provides pre-compiled binaries for single processor Linux kernels 2.4.2, 2.4.4, 2.4.8 and 2.4.10. The installation will automatically pick the right version for the target system or recompile the server for the target system if a precompiled one is not available (provided the target system has all the required development tools installed).

6. ACCEL PCI Driver, v. 1.06.1: This version was added January 2004. It updates the software to include support for kernel 2.4.21 distributed by SuSE 9.0. As in the previous version 1.06, released June 2003, this release supports RedHat 9.0 Linux and the version 3 gcc compiler. No functional changes from previous versions.

7. ACCEL PCI Driver, v. 1.05: This version was added November 2002. It provides a pre-compiled binary for SuSE 8.0 with Linux kernel 2.4.18 running on a uni-processor machine. This release supports recompilation of the driver for Linux 2.4.x kernels built with gcc 2. No functional changes from previous versions.

8. ACCEL PCI Driver, v. 1.04: The Linux kernel 2.4.x release download supports the 2.4.2, 2.4.4, and 2.4.10 kernels. It also it provides support for you to re-compile the driver for your target 2.4.x kernels (single- or multi-processor) if you have the required development tools installed on your machine.

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