Package jisa.visa

Class VISA

java.lang.Object

jisa.visa.VISA

public class VISA
extends java.lang.Object

Static class for accessing the native VISA library in a more Java-friendly way

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
VISA()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static <T extends Driver> T	getDriver(java.lang.Class<T> driverClass)
static void	init()
static java.util.List<Address>	listInstruments()	Returns an array of all instrument addressed detected by VISA
static Connection	openInstrument(Address address)
static Connection	openInstrument(Address address, java.lang.Class<? extends Driver> preferredDriver)	Open the instrument with the given VISA resource address
static void	resetDrivers()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

VISA

public VISA()

Method Detail

init

public static void init()

resetDrivers

public static void resetDrivers()

getDriver

public static <T extends Driver> T getDriver(java.lang.Class<T> driverClass)

listInstruments

public static java.util.List<Address> listInstruments()
                                               throws VISAException

Returns an array of all instrument addressed detected by VISA

Returns:

Array of instrument addresses

Throws:

VISAException - Upon error with VISA interface

openInstrument

public static Connection openInstrument(Address address)
                                 throws VISAException

Throws:

VISAException

openInstrument

public static Connection openInstrument(Address address,
                                        java.lang.Class<? extends Driver> preferredDriver)
                                 throws VISAException

Open the instrument with the given VISA resource address

Parameters:

address - Resource address

Returns:

Instrument handle

Throws:

VISAException - Upon error with VISA interface