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title: Using the Advantech USB-4716  Data Acquisition Module on a Linux System
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published_at: '2014-12-15T00:00:00Z'
updated_at: '2025-11-29T21:46:26Z'
author: Joren
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# Using the Advantech USB-4716  Data Acquisition Module on a Linux System

Below some notes on installing and using the drivers for the Avandtech USB-4716 on Linux can be found. Since I was unable to find these instructions elsewhere and it took me some time to figure things out, it is perhaps of use to someone else. A similar approach should work for the following devices as well: pci1715, pci1724, pci1734, pci1752, pci1758, pcigpdc, usb4711a, usb4750, pci1711, pci1716, pci1727, pci1747, pci1753_mic3753_pcm3753i, pci1761_pcm3761i, pcm3810i, usb4716, usb4761, pci1714_pcie1744, pci1721, pci1730_pcm3730i, pci1750, pci1756, pci1762, usb4702_usb4704, usb4718

[Download the linux driver for the Avandtech USB-4716 DAQ](http://support.advantech.com/Support/DownloadSRDetail_New.aspx?SR_ID=1-LXHFQJ&Doc_Source=Download). If you are on a system that can install either `deb` or `rpm` use the `driver_package`. Unzip the package. The driver is split into two parts. A base driver `biokernbase` and a driver specific for the USB-4716 device, `bio4716`. The drivers are Linux kernel modules that need to installed. First the base driver needs to be installed, the order is important. After the base driver install the device specific `deb` kernel module. After a reboot or perhaps immediately this should be the result of executing `lsmod | grep bio`:

````
bio4716 23724 0
biokernbase 17983 1 bio4716
usbcore 128741 9 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd,usbhid,usb_storage,snd_usbmidi_lib,snd_usb_audio,biokernbase,bio4716
````

A library to interface with the hardware is provided as a `deb` package as well. Install this library on your system.

Next download the [the examples for the Avandtech USB-4716 DAQ](http://support.advantech.com/Support/DownloadSRDetail_New.aspx?SR_ID=1-LXHFQJ&Doc_Source=Download). With the kernel modules installed the system is ready to test the examples in the provided `examples` directory. If you are using the Java code, make sure to set the [java.library.path](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/957700/how-to-set-the-java-library-path-from-eclipse) correctly.


![Signals acquired using the DAQ](https://0110.be/files/photos/427/signal.png)