Re: data import via USB interface

[Richard Shadbolt]

Hi,

May be a silly question, but have you installed the drivers for the USB 
device ?

It may help others if you provided the USB device details too.

Regards,

Richard.

On 29/02/2024 08:16, Kathrin Kerschberger wrote:
> Hi Andy,
>
> I tried these steps, but unfortunately it did not work.
> I attached a screenshot of the error. Also, when I use the instrhwinfo 
> function, USB is not listed. Is there anything else I can do?
>
> Best regards,
> Kathrin
>
> Zitat von Andreas Weber <octave@josoansi.de>:
>
> > Hi Kathrin,
> >
> > Am 28.02.24 um 11:58 schrieb Kathrin Kerschberger:
> > > I installed and loaded the instrument-control package (version 
> > > 0.9.2). My OS is windows. If I try to use the function "usbtmc" I 
> > > get the following error: "error: usbtmc: Your system doesn't support 
> > > the USBTMC interface"
> >
> > The Windows Installer from https://octave.org/download#ms-windows 
> > comes with bundled instrument-control. You'll find usbtmc.oct in 
> > octave-8.4.0-w64/mingw64/lib/octave/packages/instrument-control-0.9.1/x86_64-w64-mingw32-api-v58/
> >
> > and the only thing you have to do is "pkg load instrument-control" 
> > before using it.
> >
> > I just can guess, that you've overwriten the build with your manual 
> > installation. Can you try to remove GNU Octave, reinstall it using 
> > the installer and then "pkg load instrument-control" and use usbtmc?
> >
> > -- Andy
>
>
>
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