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| lundmar:
Hi, I have released lxi-tools for GNU/Linux - see https://lxi-tools.github.io The lxi-tools open source project provides the following: * "lxi" - a command line tool that features a simple interface for discovering LXI compatible instruments, sending SCPI messages, capturing screenshots, benchmarking, and scripted automation * "lxi-gui" - a GUI application that features some of the same features as the command line tool and additional features such as a screenshot viewer and a data recorder * "liblxi" - a C library which provides a high level API for LXI instrument discovery (using VXI-11 or mDNS/DNS-SD) and basic SCPI communication (using RAW/TCP or VXI-11/TCP) It's fully open source and available for download. For details on how to use the commandline interface please see https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools Installation: Latest lxi-tools: lxi-tools-1.21.tar.xz (Changes, GitHub) Latest liblxi: liblxi-1.13.tar.xz (Changes, GitHub) Install latest stable version using snap: $ snap install lxi-tools Install latest development version using snap: $ snap install lxi-tools --edge Supported snap architectures: amd64, i386, armhf Visit https://snapcraft.io to see how to install snap for your distribution. If you are a Windows user you can install e.g. Virtualbox (see https://www.virtualbox.org) and install Linux (e.g. Ubuntu 17.10) in a VM under which you install and run lxi-tools. Note: Remember to reconfigure the VMs network interface to use a bridged network adapter (not NAT). Motivation: This open source project is for people who don't care for the proprietary, costly, and often times inferior tools available for controlling LXI compatible instruments. The very reason I authored lxi-tools/liblxi is because I wanted better and simpler tools for controlling my instruments. Stuff like NI VISA drivers/tools etc. are just too bloated for my taste and not really open source friendly. I think we can do better. After all, LXI is an open standard so why not make some proper open source tools to support it :) Tested instruments: The lxi commandline tool included in lxi-tools is tested to work successfully with the following instruments: InstrumentWorking featuresKeysight Technologies AWG 33612A(discover+scpi+screenshot)Keysight Technologies DMM 34461A(discover+scpi+screenshot)Keysight Technologies MSO-X 3024T(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DS1104Z(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DS2302(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DG4062(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DG4102(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DG4162(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DP831(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DP832(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DM3068(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DSA815(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies MSO2302A(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rigol Technologies DP832(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rohde & Schwarz HMC 8012(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rohde & Schwarz HMC 8043(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rohde & Schwarz HMO 1202(discover+scpi+screenshot)Rohde & Schwarz HMO 3054(scpi+screenshot)Rohde & Schwarz RTB 2004(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SDG1032X(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SDG2122X(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SDG6052(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SDS1202X-E(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SDS1204X-E(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SDS2304X(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SDM3045X(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SDM3055(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SDM3065X(discover+scpi+screenshot)Siglent Technologies SPD3303X-E(scpi)Siglent Technologies SSA3032X(discover+scpi+screenshot) Thanks to all the users in this forum who are helping to test and improve lxi-tools! :-+ Future work include: * Test with more instruments (recurring task, looking for testers with instruments) * Add screenshot plugins for more instruments (recurring task) * Push it to the most popular GNU/Linux distributions (Ubuntu/Debian, Fedora/RHEL, etc.) * Make it work on non-GNU/Linux systems (Windows, macOS, etc.) * Extend discover feature to support mDNS/DNS-SD * Add HiSlip/TCP support * Add a modern QT GUI app with features from commandline tool * Add support for advanced scripting in Lua * Add GUI feature to support running advanced scripts in a test batch mode (run, pause, continue, pass/fail etc.) * Add IPv6 support * ... Call for contributors: Anyone who would like to contribute to this project is welcome to join in. All types of contributions are welcome (code, feature ideas, doc, test, etc.). P.S.: Developers/hackers, feel free to contribute. Start maybe by adding e.g. screenshot plugins for your favorite LXI instruments and push them upstream to lxi-tools via GitHub. P.P.S: For inspiration, see https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools/blob/master/src/plugins/screenshot_rigol-1000z.c which is the code for the screenshot plugin for Rigol 1000z oscilloscopes. P.P.P.S: lxi-tools is not in any way affiliated with the LXI consortium. It is a fully independent open source effort. Steps for building and installing the latest versions from git source (Ubuntu/Debian example): --- Code: ---sudo apt-get install git automake autogen autoconf libtool libreadline-dev libc-dev-bin libc6-dev libavahi-core-dev libavahi-common-dev libavahi-client-dev libxml2-dev liblua5.2-dev mkdir lxi && cd lxi git clone [url]https://github.com/lxi-tools/liblxi[/url] && cd liblxi ./autogen.sh ./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/lxi make install cd .. git clone [url]https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools[/url] && cd lxi-tools ./autogen.sh ./configure --prefix=$HOME/opt/lxi LDFLAGS=-L$HOME/opt/lxi/lib make CFLAGS=-I$HOME/opt/lxi/include install cd .. export PATH=$HOME/opt/lxi/bin:$PATH --- End code --- |
| HoracioDos:
I've opened an issue for lxi-tools. Perhaps I'm messing things up when compiling |
| lundmar:
--- Quote from: HoracioDos on October 07, 2017, 08:51:23 pm ---I've opened an issue for lxi-tools. Perhaps I'm messing things up when compiling --- End quote --- Nope - you did actually find a real bug. Thanks for your github reporting. It enabled me to quickly release lxi-tools v1.1 which includes the fix. It is available at http://lxi-tools.github.io |
| lundmar:
New versions of lxi-tools and liblxi are available at http://lxi-tools.github.io They include some important bug fixes that resolves issues with some instruments not responding. |
| awallin:
do you have plans for python bindings? Might be a stupid question, but what's the difference between LXI and VXI11? I've been using this for basic things - with good success: https://github.com/python-ivi/python-vxi11 thanks, Anders |
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