"Donald Bedsole" <drbeds...@gmail.com> said:
> Sorry, > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Donald Bedsole <drbeds...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> >> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:42 AM, <markri...@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. > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > Well, I have Labview installed on my system including the visa libraries. 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. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor