Python® 2.7 Code Example - Quantifi Photonics 1000 Series User Manual

Python® 2.7 code example
The following example shows how to communicate with a Switch product using Python code. For a list of
supported and valid SCPI commands, refer to the Programming Guide.
# You can get VXI11 from pip:
# pip install python-vxi11==0.9
import vxi11
from vxi11.vxi11
# replace this with the IP of your device
ip = "127.0.0.1"
try:
print("connecting to "
instrument
print("connected")
print("checking
command
data = instrument.ask(command)
print("IDN: "
print("checking
command
data = instrument.ask(command)
print("OPT: "
# replace this with a valid command for your device (read # the
programming guide section for examples)
command
print("writing a specific
instrument.write(command)
print("checking
command
data = instrument.ask(command)
print("*ESR?: "
except Vxi11Exception
# pass
print("ERROR"
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import Vxi11Exception
+ ip
= vxi11.Instrument(ip)
IDN...")
= "*IDN?"
+ data)
OPT...")
= "*OPT?"
+ data)
= ""
command")
ESR")
= "*ESR?"
+ data)
as e:
+ str(e) + ", command: "
Version
+ " ... ")
+ str(command))
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