MATLAB: Is MATLAB R2015A Instrument Control Toolbox compatible with National Instruments GPIB driver NI-488.2 14.1 running on Mac OSX 10.9.5

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Just installed the NI GPIB controller and driver on my MacBook Pro. Hope to control instruments over GPIB using MATLAB. MATLAB does not recognize the driver.

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Hi Jim,

I understand that you wish to know if Instrument Control Toolbox is compatible with National Instruments GPIB driver NI-488.2 14.1 running on Mac OSX 10.9.5.

Currently GPIB driver support is not available with MATLAB on MAC OS. Please refer to the link below that has more details on supported/unsupported platforms.

http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2015a/instrument/supported-hardware.html

Regards,

Harsha

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