wrdk/testudo/linux-gpib-svn/language/python

This is a python GPIB interface to use gpib library calls from python language.
(Quick hacked)

27 January 2004 -- added functions gpib.readbin() and gpib.writebin(), as well
as variables gpib.ibsta() and gpib.ibcnt(). -- John Ackermann

Installation:

'make' then 'make install'

To use the GPIB extension directly the call syntax is similar as in the C library:

##
# Include the GPIB extension
##
import gpib

##
# find & initialize the device
##
device = gpib.find("my_device")

##
# write a string to the device
##
gpib.write(device,"A Command_String")

##
# write a binary string to the device
##
gpib.writebin(device,"A Command_String",16)

##
# read a 25 byte string
##
result = gpib.read(device,25)

print 'the result is: ' + result

##
# read a binary string
##
result = gpib.readbin(device,4096) #length of result equals ibcnt

To use the Gpib Class module see gpibtest.py


Have Fun!

clausi