question regarding access to Analog Discovery 2 via USB when running WSL version 1 environment

[longboard]

Hello,

I am using WSL version 1 running Ubuntu 20.04.2 on an X64 based Dell Precision laptop. This laptop is running Windows 10 natively.  I have successfully downloaded the Adept runtime engine for my WSL Linux environment as well as Waveforms software. I want to use the WSL environment to control my Analog Discovery 2 device using Python.

However WSL appears to not be able to see my Analog Discovery 2 device connected over USB. Should I attempt to "mount" the Analog Discovery 2 similar to an external hard drive? I appreciate any suggestions for how I might be able to allow my WSL version 1 Linux environment to "see" my Digilent Analog Discovery 2 device.

Thank you

Sean

 

[attila]

Hi @longboard

The USB device should be "attached" to the VM.
According to some posts this is not supported in WSL.

https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/2195

[longboard]

Hi Attila,

Thank you for the link. I was concerned that the USB functionality might not be supported in WSL.

Sean