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gpibtool: https://github.com/jakeogh/gpibtool

Description:

gpibtool is a utility for sending and troubleshooting GPIB commands via the PyVISA library.

Installation:

  1. If you do not have GPIB kernel drivers already installed, follow the instructions at linux-gpib-installer first.

  2. install gpibtool:

    a. Make sure pip is installed $ sudo apt-get install python3-pip -y

    b. $ pip install --force-reinstall git+https://[email protected]/jakeogh/gpibtool && source ~/.profile

Troubleshooting:

  1. Follow the troubleshooting steps at linux-gpib-installer

Examples:

$ gpibtool --help
Usage: gpibtool [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  --verbose
  --dict
  --verbose-inf
  --help         Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  addresses
  command-query
  command-write
  idn
  idns
  info
  syntax

$ # list current GPIB addresses:
$ gpibtool addresses
ASRL/dev/ttyS3::INSTR
ASRL/dev/ttyS2::INSTR
ASRL/dev/ttyS1::INSTR

$ # send the `*IDN?` command to each address:
$ gpibtool idns
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py"�[0m, line �[35m398�[0m, in �[35m_reconfigure_port�[0m
    orig_attr = termios.tcgetattr(self.fd)
�[1;35mtermios.error�[0m: �[35m(5, 'Input/output error')�[0m

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python-exec/python3.13/gpibtool"�[0m, line �[35m8�[0m, in �[35m<module>�[0m
    sys.exit(�[31mcli�[0m�[1;31m()�[0m)
             �[31m~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m1442�[0m, in �[35m__call__�[0m
    return �[31mself.main�[0m�[1;31m(*args, **kwargs)�[0m
           �[31m~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m1363�[0m, in �[35mmain�[0m
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m1830�[0m, in �[35minvoke�[0m
    return _process_result(�[31msub_ctx.command.invoke�[0m�[1;31m(sub_ctx)�[0m)
                           �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m1226�[0m, in �[35minvoke�[0m
    return �[31mctx.invoke�[0m�[1;31m(self.callback, **ctx.params)�[0m
           �[31m~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m794�[0m, in �[35minvoke�[0m
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/decorators.py"�[0m, line �[35m34�[0m, in �[35mnew_func�[0m
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gpibtool/gpibtool.py"�[0m, line �[35m384�[0m, in �[35m_list_idns�[0m
    �[31mcommand_idn�[0m�[1;31m(address=resource, verbose=verbose)�[0m,
    �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gpibtool/gpibtool.py"�[0m, line �[35m83�[0m, in �[35mcommand_idn�[0m
    idn = command_query(address=address, command="*IDN?", verbose=verbose)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gpibtool/gpibtool.py"�[0m, line �[35m67�[0m, in �[35mcommand_query�[0m
    inst = get_instrument(
        address=address,
        verbose=verbose,
    )
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gpibtool/gpibtool.py"�[0m, line �[35m53�[0m, in �[35mget_instrument�[0m
    inst = rm.open_resource(address)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa/highlevel.py"�[0m, line �[35m3292�[0m, in �[35mopen_resource�[0m
    �[31mres.open�[0m�[1;31m(access_mode, open_timeout)�[0m
    �[31m~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa/resources/resource.py"�[0m, line �[35m281�[0m, in �[35mopen�[0m
    self.session, status = �[31mself._resource_manager.open_bare_resource�[0m�[1;31m(�[0m
                           �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^�[0m
        �[1;31mself._resource_name, access_mode, open_timeout�[0m
        �[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
    �[1;31m)�[0m
    �[1;31m^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa/highlevel.py"�[0m, line �[35m3217�[0m, in �[35mopen_bare_resource�[0m
    return �[31mself.visalib.open�[0m�[1;31m(self.session, resource_name, access_mode, open_timeout)�[0m
           �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa_py/highlevel.py"�[0m, line �[35m168�[0m, in �[35mopen�[0m
    sess = cls(session, resource_name, parsed, open_timeout)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa_py/sessions.py"�[0m, line �[35m322�[0m, in �[35m__init__�[0m
    �[31mself.after_parsing�[0m�[1;31m()�[0m
    �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa_py/serial.py"�[0m, line �[35m70�[0m, in �[35mafter_parsing�[0m
    self.interface = �[31mserial.serial_for_url�[0m�[1;31m(�[0m
                     �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^�[0m
        �[1;31m("COM" if IS_WIN else "") + self.parsed.board,�[0m
        �[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
        �[1;31mtimeout=self.timeout,�[0m
        �[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
        �[1;31mwrite_timeout=self.timeout,�[0m
        �[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
    �[1;31m)�[0m
    �[1;31m^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/serial/__init__.py"�[0m, line �[35m90�[0m, in �[35mserial_for_url�[0m
    �[31minstance.open�[0m�[1;31m()�[0m
    �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py"�[0m, line �[35m332�[0m, in �[35mopen�[0m
    �[31mself._reconfigure_port�[0m�[1;31m(force_update=True)�[0m
    �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/serial/serialposix.py"�[0m, line �[35m401�[0m, in �[35m_reconfigure_port�[0m
    raise SerialException("Could not configure port: {}".format(msg))
�[1;35mserial.serialutil.SerialException�[0m: �[35mCould not configure port: (5, 'Input/output error')�[0m

$ # send the `*IDN?` command to an address:
$ gpibtool command-query "GPIB0::2::INSTR" "*IDN?"
/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gpib_ctypes/gpib/gpib.py:54: UserWarning: GPIB library not found. Please manually load it using _load_lib(filename). All GPIB functions will raise OSError until the library is manually loaded.
  warnings.warn(message)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python-exec/python3.13/gpibtool"�[0m, line �[35m8�[0m, in �[35m<module>�[0m
    sys.exit(�[31mcli�[0m�[1;31m()�[0m)
             �[31m~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m1442�[0m, in �[35m__call__�[0m
    return �[31mself.main�[0m�[1;31m(*args, **kwargs)�[0m
           �[31m~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m1363�[0m, in �[35mmain�[0m
    rv = self.invoke(ctx)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m1830�[0m, in �[35minvoke�[0m
    return _process_result(�[31msub_ctx.command.invoke�[0m�[1;31m(sub_ctx)�[0m)
                           �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m1226�[0m, in �[35minvoke�[0m
    return �[31mctx.invoke�[0m�[1;31m(self.callback, **ctx.params)�[0m
           �[31m~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/core.py"�[0m, line �[35m794�[0m, in �[35minvoke�[0m
    return callback(*args, **kwargs)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/click/decorators.py"�[0m, line �[35m34�[0m, in �[35mnew_func�[0m
    return f(get_current_context(), *args, **kwargs)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gpibtool/gpibtool.py"�[0m, line �[35m315�[0m, in �[35m_command_query�[0m
    inst = get_instrument(
        address=address,
        verbose=verbose,
    )
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/gpibtool/gpibtool.py"�[0m, line �[35m53�[0m, in �[35mget_instrument�[0m
    inst = rm.open_resource(address)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa/highlevel.py"�[0m, line �[35m3292�[0m, in �[35mopen_resource�[0m
    �[31mres.open�[0m�[1;31m(access_mode, open_timeout)�[0m
    �[31m~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa/resources/resource.py"�[0m, line �[35m281�[0m, in �[35mopen�[0m
    self.session, status = �[31mself._resource_manager.open_bare_resource�[0m�[1;31m(�[0m
                           �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^�[0m
        �[1;31mself._resource_name, access_mode, open_timeout�[0m
        �[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
    �[1;31m)�[0m
    �[1;31m^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa/highlevel.py"�[0m, line �[35m3217�[0m, in �[35mopen_bare_resource�[0m
    return �[31mself.visalib.open�[0m�[1;31m(self.session, resource_name, access_mode, open_timeout)�[0m
           �[31m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~�[0m�[1;31m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^�[0m
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa_py/highlevel.py"�[0m, line �[35m168�[0m, in �[35mopen�[0m
    sess = cls(session, resource_name, parsed, open_timeout)
  File �[35m"/usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyvisa_py/sessions.py"�[0m, line �[35m861�[0m, in �[35m__init__�[0m
    raise ValueError(self.session_issue)
�[1;35mValueError�[0m: �[35mgpib_ctypes is installed but could not locate the gpib library.
Please manually load it using:
  gpib_ctypes.gpib.gpib._load_lib(filename)
before importing pyvisa.�[0m

$ # display troubleshooting info:
$ gpibtool info
Output of /usr/bin/pyvisa-info:
Machine Details:
   Platform ID:    Linux-6.15.8-gentoo-x86_64-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E3-1535M_v6_@_3.10GHz-with-glibc2.41
   Processor:      Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1535M v6 @ 3.10GHz

Python:
   Implementation: CPython
   Executable:     /usr/bin/python3.13
   Version:        3.13.5
   Compiler:       GCC 14.2.1 20241221
   Architecture:   ('x86', 64)
   Build:          Jun 19 2025 15:26:07 (#main)
   Unicode:        UCS4

PyVISA Version: 1.14.1

Backends:
   ivi:
      Version: 1.14.1 (bundled with PyVISA)
      Binary library: Not found
   py:
      Version: 0.7.2
      ASRL INSTR: Available via PySerial (3.5)
      USB INSTR: Available via PyUSB (1.3.1). Backend: libusb1
      USB RAW: Available via PyUSB (1.3.1). Backend: libusb1
      TCPIP INSTR: Available 
         Resource discovery:
         - VXI-11: ok
         - hislip: disabled (zeroconf not installed)
      TCPIP SOCKET: Available 
      VICP INSTR:
         Please install PyVICP to use this resource type.
      GPIB INSTR:
         gpib_ctypes is installed but could not locate the gpib library.
         Please manually load it using:
           gpib_ctypes.gpib.gpib._load_lib(filename)
         before importing pyvisa.
      GPIB INTFC:
         gpib_ctypes is installed but could not locate the gpib library.
         Please manually load it using:
           gpib_ctypes.gpib.gpib._load_lib(filename)
         before importing pyvisa.

Output of /usr/bin/lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub

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