[Tutor] PyVISA GPIB

[Donald Bedsole]

Sorry,

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Donald Bedsole <drbedsole at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:42 AM,  <markrivet at gsoftcon.com> wrote:
>>  I would like to control electronic instruments with PyVISA. I have downloaded PyVISA and unpacked the files into the Python27/lib/site-packages dir and in the IDLE
>> GUI I run "import visa' for a quick check and I get this error:
>>
>> import visa
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "<pyshell#25>", line 1, in <module>
>>    import visa
>> ImportError: No module named visa
>>
>> I'm scratching my head. Help
>>
>> Mark R Rivet, Genesis Software Consulting
>> ASCT(Computer Technologies), BSIT/SE(Software Engineering)
>> Electrical Engineering Technician
>> Member IEEE, Computer Society
>>
>>
>> Do or do not; there is no try.
>
> Could this be the problem?
>
> PyVISA doesn’t implement VISA itself. Instead, PyVISA provides
> bindings to the VISA library (a DLL or
> “shared object” file). This library is usually shipped with your GPIB
> interface or software like LabVIEW. Alternatively, you can download it
> from your favourite equipment vendor (National Instruments, Agilent,
> etc).
>
> quote from this document:
>
> http://pyvisa.sourceforge.net/pyvisa.pdf
>

I read the document a little better and visa is supposed to be part of
the function.  But maybe something else in the document might help
you.