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Instrument interaction via pyVISA and/or Labber API
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| import pyvisa | |
| visa_rm = pyvisa.ResourceManager() | |
| ## Access at the address may require enabling/configuring the interface on the instrument (S)FP | |
| pxi_vna_addr = 'TCPIP0::<HOSTNAME>::hislip_PXI0_CHASSIS1_SLOT10_INDEX0::INSTR' | |
| inst_vna = visa_rm.open_resource(pxi_vna_addr) | |
| inst_vna.write('SYST:PRES') | |
| inst_vna.close() | |
| ## No need to close the RM as it is not connected to anything unless told to | |
| import Labber | |
| serverClient = Labber.connectToServer('localhost') | |
| instClient = serverClient.connectToInstrument('Agilent Network Analyzer CW', {'name': 'PXI_VNA'}) | |
| instClient.setValue('Output enabled', 0) | |
| # instClient.stopInstrument() # Turns off the driver in the Labber InstrumentServer | |
| instClient.disconnectFromInstr() | |
| serverClient.close() | |
| ## In this case we should close the open channels for safety | |
| ## Although you can probably get away with leaving the serverClient connection open |
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