Python VISA -- control GPIB, USB, Serial Reviews

Great stuff.

Can anyone say whether Python VISA works on Python 3.3? Also, does anyone have this working for Windows 7 64 bit?

Thanks for Pyvisa, it's the best!

Very useful. Thanks.

It's nice to be able to use the exact same python instrument scripts on Windows and Linux with no effort.

Phenomenal. Reminds me of using Rocky Mountain BASIC back in the day. I've been able to run complex measurement sequences with Agilent and Rohde & Schwarz wireless test equipment with very little effort.

Nice and Easy to use.

Hey it's working. Although installation is s*** - won't work as it is - on windows To install it on win I did (and I'm totally python dumb so it might not be great fix but working): 1. edit setup.py: to line 60-67 paste following #home_dir = os.environ['HOME'] #real_rpmmacros_name = os.path.join(home_dir, '.rpmmacros') #distutils_rpmmacros_name = os.path.join(home_dir, '.rpmmacros.distutils') #temp_rpmmacros_name = os.path.join(home_dir, '.rpmmacros.original') def restore_rpmmacros(): #shutil.move(temp_rpmmacros_name, real_rpmmacros_name) pass 2. go to setup.cfg. Edit path to your python at my case: prefix = c:\Python26 Now just run: "setup.py install" and all shall be great. Thanx much for the release but next time more multi-platform setup would be great ;)

I am new to python. I have used a lot of vb gpib programming and am trying to switch completely to python.

I'm new to both VISA and Python, and this package is well written, easy to use, and extremely helpful. After a few minor issues with getting everything installed and working together correctly, I'm glad I took the time to do so. I'm using the package to control a VXI instrument over TCPIP.