Thanks for your quick response
I have different commands that I want to control instruments via GPIB
commands, It will be okay if I can import NI visa and build different logic
in automating instruments.
Here is a simple Python command I send to setup spectrum analyzer. I am a
beginner and I would like to learn and stick with one language and Julia
seems to be interesting to me
import visa
import numpy as np
class MXA_ACP:
def __init__(self,gpib_address="GPIB0::18",hw = 1, route = "A"):
rm = visa.ResourceManager()
self.handle = rm.open_resource('{}::INSTR'.format(gpib_address))
#self.handle=
visa.instrument('TCPIP0::{}::INSTR'.format(TCPIP_Address))
def ACP_set(self,BW,freq,numCarr,spacing):
self.handle.write('system:preset')
self.handle.write('CONFigure:ACPower')
self.handle.write('CONFigure:ACPower:NDEFault')
self.handle.write('INST:SEL LTE')
# set standard based on BW
if BW ==5:
self.handle.write('SENSe:RADio:STANdard:PRESet B5M')
elif BW == 10:
self.handle.write('SENSe:RADio:STANdard:PRESet B10M')
elif BW == 20:
self.handle.write('SENSe:RADio:STANdard:PRESet B20M')
self.handle.write('ACP:carr:coun {}'.format(numCarr)) #set number of
carriers
self.handle.write('ACP:carrier:RCFR {} MHz'.format(freq))#set Freq
self.handle.write('ACP:carr1:list:width {} MHz'.format(spacing)) #
set carrier spacing
self.handle.write('Corr:nois:flo ON') # noise floor extention
self.handle.write(':power:RF:range:optimize immediate')
self.handle.write('ACP:aver:coun 50') # averaging
self.handle.write('*WAI') # wait for averaging to finish
acp = np.fromstring(self.handle.ask('read:ACP?'), sep=',')
acp_3rd_upper = acp[4]
acp_3rd_lower= acp[6]
acp_5th_upper= acp[8]
acp_5th_lower= acp[10]
print acp_3rd_upper
print acp_3rd_lower
print acp_5th_upper
print acp_5th_lower
return acp_3rd_upper, acp_3rd_lower,acp_5th_upper
On Monday, July 4, 2016 at 1:29:50 PM UTC-5, Keno Fischer wrote:
> You may want to look at Instruments.jl:
> https://github.com/BBN-Q/Instruments.jl
>
> On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Alex Mellnik <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
> > Hi Yared,
> >
> > This should be possible, but it could be less than ideal in some
> instances.
> > What exactly are you hoping to automate?
> >
> > Like Isaiah, I don't know of a specific GPIB library for Julia, but if
> you
> > are using the NI drivers you can call them directly from Julia (see
> >
> http://docs.julialang.org/en/release-0.4/manual/calling-c-and-fortran-code/
> > and there's a bit of specific information about the GPIB libraries here:
> >
> http://alex.mellnik.net/application-notes/application-notesusing-nis-gpib-drivers-in-qt/).
>
>
> >
> > -A
> >
> >
> > On Saturday, July 2, 2016 at 5:39:07 PM UTC-7, Yared Melese wrote:
> >>
> >> Can Julia be used as instrument test Automation? Send commands via GPIB
> to
> >> different instruments
> >>
> >> If so is there Visa library for it?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Yared
>
