MCC-libusb

Interface to MeasurementComputing devices using libusb for cross-platform usability.

Introduction

This is a linux interface for MeasurementComputing DAQs found here.

I have made a few modifications (see commit history).

1. Added support for USB-1608FS-PLUS
2. Removed some redundant code.
3. Removed need for stringutil.h. Moved datatypesandstatics.h into mccdevice.h
4. Per-channel gain and slope. Moved these into device properties.
5. Got rid of asynchronous polling (for now) because it relied on POSIX-only threading.
6. Removed all the firmware flashing because the firmware location was hard-coded.

TODO:

4. Setters and getters for channels/rate/range
5. Platform-independent threading for asynchronous polling.

How to use it in Mac OS X

1. Install libusb-1.0. On OSX use homebrew, it is easier.

2. Include mccdevice.h into your project. #include "mccdevice.h"

3. Compile your project.

   1. SynchTest on OSX

      1. Compile A (libusb is on your path): g++ -std=c++11 -o synchTest synchTest.cpp mccdevice.cpp -lusb-1.0
      2. OR Compile B (libusb is not on your path): g++ -std=c++11 -o synchTest synchTest.cpp mccdevice.cpp -I/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0/ -L/usr/local/lib -lusb-1.0
      3. Test: ./synchTest

   2. LabStreamingLayer (OSX)

      1. Compile: g++ -std=c++11 -o lslTest lslTest.cpp mccdevice.cpp -I/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0/ -I./lsl -L/usr/local/lib -lusb-1.0 -L./lsl -llsl64
      2. Test: ./lslTest. Note that liblsl64.(so|dylib|a|lib|dll) must be installed to run. It is not sufficient to copy it locally.

   3. ReceiveData on OSX

      1. Compile: g++ -o runViewReceive ViewReceiveData.cpp -I ./lsl -L/usr/local/lib -llsl64
      2. Test: ./runReceive. Note that liblsl64.(so|dylib|a|lib|dll) must be installed to run. It is not sufficient to copy it locally.

   4. DAQ and LabStreamingLayer on OSX

      1. Compile: g++ -std=c++11 -o testLSLSync lslSync.cpp mccdevice.cpp -I/usr/local/include/libusb-1.0/ -I./lsl -L/usr/local/lib -lusb-1.0 -L./lsl -llsl64
      2. Test: ./testLSLSync.

How to use it in Linux - Ubuntu 13.10

1. Install libusb-1.0 using sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev

2. Include mccdevice.h into your project. #include "mccdevice.h"

3. Compile your project:

   1. SynchTest on Linux

      1. Compile A (libusb - in the path): g++ -std=c++11 -o synchTest synchTest.cpp mccdevice.cpp -lusb-1.0 or Compile B (libusb - not in the path): g++ -std=c++11 -o syncTest synchTest.cpp mccdevice.cpp -I /usr/include/libusb-1.0/ -L /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -lusb-1.0
      2. Test: ./synchTest

   2. LabStreamingLayer on Linux

      1. Include: liblsl64.so must be in the building directory of the project
      2. Compile: g++ -std=c++11 -o testLSL lslTest.cpp mccdevice.cpp -I /usr/include/libusb-1.0/ -I ./lsl -L /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -lusb-1.0 -L ./ -llsl64
      3. Test: ./lslTest

   3. ReceiveData on Linux

      1. Include: liblsl64.so must be in the building directory of the project
      2. Compile: g++ -o runViewReceive ViewReceiveData.cpp -I ./lsl -L ./ -llsl64
      3. Test: ./runReceive

   4. DAQ and LabStreamingLayer on Linux

      1. Include: liblsl64.so must be in the building directory of the project
      2. Compile: g++ -std=c++11 -o testLSLSync lslSync.cpp mccdevice.cpp -I /usr/include/libusb-1.0/ -I ./lsl -L /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -lusb-1.0 -L ./ -llsl64
      3. Test: ./testLSLSync.