Programming Manual MSO/UPO2000 Series
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fopen(vt);
%Send the string "*IDN?",asking for the device's identification.
fprintf(vt,'*IDN?');
%Request the data
outputbuffer = fscanf(vt);
disp(outputbuffer);
%Close the VISA object
fclose(vt);
delete(vt);
clear vt;
end
Python
Example
Environment: Window system, Python3.8, PyVISA 1.11.0
Description: Access the instrument via USBTMC and TCP/IP, send "*IDN?" command on NI-VISA to
query the device information.
Steps:
1.
Install python firs, and then turn on Python script compiling software, create an empty test.py file.
2.
Use pip install PyVISA instruction to install PyVISA, if it cannot install, please refer to this link
(https://pyvisa.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
3.
Source code:
a)
USBTMC
Example
import pyvisa
rm = pyvisa.ResourceManager()
rm.list_resources()
my_instrument = rm.open_resource('USB0::0x5345::0x1234::SN20220718::INSTR')
print(my_instrument.query('*IDN?'))
b)
TCP/TP
Example
import pyvisa
rm = pyvisa.ResourceManager()
rm.list_resources()
my_instrument = rm.open_resource('TCPIP0::192.168.20.11::inst0::INSTR')
print(my_instrument.query('*IDN?'))
