Sr830 compatibility

[earik87]

Hello!

Thanks for this project. I am wondering if I can use these codes to run our sr830 which is connected from its rs232 to usb port in our computer?

[srsrga]

This project uses SR860 remote commands to communicate with an SR860. SR860 remote commands are not compatible with SR830 commands.

[abergerSRS]

Even though this driver can't be used with an SR830, you can use Python to communicate with an SR830. See examples below.

Serial Communication via RS232

import serial
sr830 = serial.Serial('COM7', baudrate=9600, timeout=5)

# Configure instrument to respond via RS232
sr830.write(b'OUTX 0\n')    

# Identify the instrument to confirm communications
sr830.write(b'*IDN?\n')
print(sr830.read_until(b'\r'))

# Query the X value and store as a float
sr830.write(b'OUTP? 1\n')
x = float(sr830.read_until(b'\r'))

GPIB communication via PyVisa

import pyvisa as visa
rm = visa.ResourceManager()

address = 8
resourceString = ("GPIB::%d::INSTR"%address)
sr830 = rm.open_resource(resourceString)

# Configure interface to send responses via GPIB
sr830.write('OUTX 1')

# Identify the instrument
print(sr830.query('*IDN?'))

# Query X value and convert to float
x_value = float(sr830.query("OUTP? 1"))

If you are so inclined, you could try to re-write the SR860 driver for the SR830 command set and features.