ts_xdma_archive

XDMA

These are instructions for the deprecated XDMA gateware

1. Install the XDMA driver for Linux or Windows
   • On Windows, first run Bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON in administrator powershell and restart your computer
     • Then use the MSI installer, when asked if you want to use polling, click no
   • On Linux, run sudo make install in the xdma directory
     • Run make in the tools directory
     • Create a udev rule so you don't have to run everything acessing the hardware as root:
       • create /etc/udev/rules.d/70-thunderscope.rules file with the line ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="xdma", TAG+="uaccess"
     • With a TS connected, run sudo ./load_driver.sh in the tests directory
       • Output should be The Kernel module installed correctly and the xmda devices were recognized.
2. Build TS.NET.Engine using the build scripts
   • Dependences for build scripts on Debian/Ubuntu Linux: sudo apt-get install -y dotnet-sdk-8.0 libgdiplus
   • On Windows, should just need Visual Studio with the C# plugins
   • Copy appsettings.json and thunderscope.yaml into the same directory as the TS.NET.Engine application
3. Install ngscopeclient, following the instructions in their user manual
4. Run TS.NET.Engine and ngscopeclient
5. Add ThunderScope in ngscopeclient under Add -> Oscilloscope with "thunderscope" Driver, "Twinlan" Transport and "Localhost:5025:5026" for the Path