On Friday, April 1, 2011 10:24:58 PM UTC-4, Manatee wrote: > > VisaIOError: VI_ERROR_INTF_NUM_NCONFIG: The interface type is valid > but the specified interface number is not configured. > > My instrument is on GPIB 5 and I can do a *IDN? with another program > and get a response. So I must still have something not configured > correct. Getting closer though :)
If you have more than one board, you might need a more complete resource name, such as 'GPIB1::5' for board 1. You can query the available instruments using get_instruments_list(), which calls the VISA library's viFindRsrc function. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list