rb_visa 0.1.1

data/README

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+##
+ #                              RbVisa
+ #
+ #  Ruby wrapper around National Instrument implementation of the visa API
+ #  Allows easy scripting for control of your favorite oscilloscopes
+ #
+ #  author      hugo benichi
+ #  email       hugo.benichi@m4x.org
+ #  copyright   2012 hugo benichi
+ #  homepage    http://github.com/hugobenichi/rb_visa
+ #  
+ #
+ ##
+ 
+ 
+ installation:
+ 
+    run "rake gem_install" a the /rb_visa root directory
+    
+  usage:
+    
+    see examples scripts in /rb_visa/test/
+    
+  to_do
+  
+    error handling
+    differneces between viRead and viBufRead
+    attributes list ?
+    reimplement parse and read in C for better efficiency
+    
+  https://dl.dropbox.com/u/26864813/mingw-get-inst-20120426.exe

data/ext/rb_visa/visa32.def

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+Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 10.00.30319.01
+Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+
+
+Dump of file C:\windows\system32\visa32.dll
+
+File Type: DLL
+
+  Section contains the following exports for visa32.dll
+
+    00000000 characteristics
+    4A244942 time date stamp Tue Jun 02 06:33:54 2009
+        0.00 version
+         128 ordinal base
+         167 number of functions
+         106 number of names
+
+    ordinal hint RVA      name
+
+        215    0          viAssertIntrSignal (forwarded to visa64.viAssertIntrSignal)
+        258    1          viAssertTrigger (forwarded to visa64.viAssertTrigger)
+        214    2          viAssertUtilSignal (forwarded to visa64.viAssertUtilSignal)
+        203    3          viBufRead (forwarded to visa64.viBufRead)
+        202    4          viBufWrite (forwarded to visa64.viBufWrite)
+        260    5          viClear (forwarded to visa64.viClear)
+        132    6          viClose (forwarded to visa64.viClose)
+        136    7          viDisableEvent (forwarded to visa64.viDisableEvent)
+        137    8          viDiscardEvents (forwarded to visa64.viDiscardEvents)
+        135    9          viEnableEvent (forwarded to visa64.viEnableEvent)
+        130    A          viFindNext (forwarded to visa64.viFindNext)
+        129    B          viFindRsrc (forwarded to visa64.viFindRsrc)
+        268    C          viFlush (forwarded to visa64.viFlush)
+        133    D          viGetAttribute (forwarded to visa64.viGetAttribute)
+        128    E          viGetDefaultRM (forwarded to visa64.viGetDefaultRM)
+        212    F          viGpibCommand (forwarded to visa64.viGpibCommand)
+        210   10          viGpibControlATN (forwarded to visa64.viGpibControlATN)
+        208   11          viGpibControlREN (forwarded to visa64.viGpibControlREN)
+        213   12          viGpibPassControl (forwarded to visa64.viGpibPassControl)
+        211   13          viGpibSendIFC (forwarded to visa64.viGpibSendIFC)
+        261   14          viIn16 (forwarded to visa64.viIn16)
+        224   15          viIn16Ex (forwarded to visa64.viIn16Ex)
+        281   16          viIn32 (forwarded to visa64.viIn32)
+        226   17          viIn32Ex (forwarded to visa64.viIn32Ex)
+        220   18          viIn64 (forwarded to visa64.viIn64)
+        228   19          viIn64Ex (forwarded to visa64.viIn64Ex)
+        273   1A          viIn8 (forwarded to visa64.viIn8)
+        222   1B          viIn8Ex (forwarded to visa64.viIn8Ex)
+        139   1C          viInstallHandler (forwarded to visa64.viInstallHandler)
+        144   1D          viLock (forwarded to visa64.viLock)
+        263   1E          viMapAddress (forwarded to visa64.viMapAddress)
+        242   1F          viMapAddressEx (forwarded to visa64.viMapAddressEx)
+        216   20          viMapTrigger (forwarded to visa64.viMapTrigger)
+        291   21          viMemAlloc (forwarded to visa64.viMemAlloc)
+        243   22          viMemAllocEx (forwarded to visa64.viMemAllocEx)
+        292   23          viMemFree (forwarded to visa64.viMemFree)
+        244   24          viMemFreeEx (forwarded to visa64.viMemFreeEx)
+        200   25          viMove (forwarded to visa64.viMove)
+        201   26          viMoveAsync (forwarded to visa64.viMoveAsync)
+        241   27          viMoveAsyncEx (forwarded to visa64.viMoveAsyncEx)
+        240   28          viMoveEx (forwarded to visa64.viMoveEx)
+        285   29          viMoveIn16 (forwarded to visa64.viMoveIn16)
+        234   2A          viMoveIn16Ex (forwarded to visa64.viMoveIn16Ex)
+        287   2B          viMoveIn32 (forwarded to visa64.viMoveIn32)
+        236   2C          viMoveIn32Ex (forwarded to visa64.viMoveIn32Ex)
+        230   2D          viMoveIn64 (forwarded to visa64.viMoveIn64)
+        238   2E          viMoveIn64Ex (forwarded to visa64.viMoveIn64Ex)
+        283   2F          viMoveIn8 (forwarded to visa64.viMoveIn8)
+        232   30          viMoveIn8Ex (forwarded to visa64.viMoveIn8Ex)
+        286   31          viMoveOut16 (forwarded to visa64.viMoveOut16)
+        235   32          viMoveOut16Ex (forwarded to visa64.viMoveOut16Ex)
+        288   33          viMoveOut32 (forwarded to visa64.viMoveOut32)
+        237   34          viMoveOut32Ex (forwarded to visa64.viMoveOut32Ex)
+        231   35          viMoveOut64 (forwarded to visa64.viMoveOut64)
+        239   36          viMoveOut64Ex (forwarded to visa64.viMoveOut64Ex)
+        284   37          viMoveOut8 (forwarded to visa64.viMoveOut8)
+        233   38          viMoveOut8Ex (forwarded to visa64.viMoveOut8Ex)
+        131   39          viOpen (forwarded to visa64.viOpen)
+        141   3A          viOpenDefaultRM (forwarded to visa64.viOpenDefaultRM)
+        262   3B          viOut16 (forwarded to visa64.viOut16)
+        225   3C          viOut16Ex (forwarded to visa64.viOut16Ex)
+        282   3D          viOut32 (forwarded to visa64.viOut32)
+        227   3E          viOut32Ex (forwarded to visa64.viOut32Ex)
+        221   3F          viOut64 (forwarded to visa64.viOut64)
+        229   40          viOut64Ex (forwarded to visa64.viOut64Ex)
+        274   41          viOut8 (forwarded to visa64.viOut8)
+        223   42          viOut8Ex (forwarded to visa64.viOut8Ex)
+        146   43          viParseRsrc (forwarded to visa64.viParseRsrc)
+        147   44          viParseRsrcEx (forwarded to visa64.viParseRsrcEx)
+        265   45          viPeek16 (forwarded to visa64.viPeek16)
+        289   46          viPeek32 (forwarded to visa64.viPeek32)
+        245   47          viPeek64 (forwarded to visa64.viPeek64)
+        275   48          viPeek8 (forwarded to visa64.viPeek8)
+        266   49          viPoke16 (forwarded to visa64.viPoke16)
+        290   4A          viPoke32 (forwarded to visa64.viPoke32)
+        246   4B          viPoke64 (forwarded to visa64.viPoke64)
+        276   4C          viPoke8 (forwarded to visa64.viPoke8)
+        269   4D          viPrintf (forwarded to visa64.viPrintf)
+        279   4E          viQueryf (forwarded to visa64.viQueryf)
+        256   4F          viRead (forwarded to visa64.viRead)
+        277   50          viReadAsync (forwarded to visa64.viReadAsync)
+        259   51          viReadSTB (forwarded to visa64.viReadSTB)
+        219   52          viReadToFile (forwarded to visa64.viReadToFile)
+        204   53          viSPrintf (forwarded to visa64.viSPrintf)
+        206   54          viSScanf (forwarded to visa64.viSScanf)
+        271   55          viScanf (forwarded to visa64.viScanf)
+        134   56          viSetAttribute (forwarded to visa64.viSetAttribute)
+        267   57          viSetBuf (forwarded to visa64.viSetBuf)
+        142   58          viStatusDesc (forwarded to visa64.viStatusDesc)
+        143   59          viTerminate (forwarded to visa64.viTerminate)
+        140   5A          viUninstallHandler (forwarded to visa64.viUninstallHandler)
+        145   5B          viUnlock (forwarded to visa64.viUnlock)
+        264   5C          viUnmapAddress (forwarded to visa64.viUnmapAddress)
+        217   5D          viUnmapTrigger (forwarded to visa64.viUnmapTrigger)
+        294   5E          viUsbControlIn (forwarded to visa64.viUsbControlIn)
+        293   5F          viUsbControlOut (forwarded to visa64.viUsbControlOut)
+        270   60          viVPrintf (forwarded to visa64.viVPrintf)
+        280   61          viVQueryf (forwarded to visa64.viVQueryf)
+        205   62          viVSPrintf (forwarded to visa64.viVSPrintf)
+        207   63          viVSScanf (forwarded to visa64.viVSScanf)
+        272   64          viVScanf (forwarded to visa64.viVScanf)
+        209   65          viVxiCommandQuery (forwarded to visa64.viVxiCommandQuery)
+        138   66          viWaitOnEvent (forwarded to visa64.viWaitOnEvent)
+        257   67          viWrite (forwarded to visa64.viWrite)
+        278   68          viWriteAsync (forwarded to visa64.viWriteAsync)
+        218   69          viWriteFromFile (forwarded to visa64.viWriteFromFile)
+
+  Summary
+
+        2000 .rdata
+        1000 .rsrc

data/ext/rb_visa/visa64.def

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+Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 10.00.30319.01
+Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+
+
+Dump of file visa64.dll
+
+File Type: DLL
+
+  Section contains the following exports for visa64.dll
+
+    00000000 characteristics
+    4A244941 time date stamp Tue Jun 02 06:33:53 2009
+        0.00 version
+         128 ordinal base
+         167 number of functions
+         106 number of names
+
+    ordinal hint RVA      name
+
+        215    0 00008300 viAssertIntrSignal
+        258    1 00006A30 viAssertTrigger
+        214    2 000082B0 viAssertUtilSignal
+        203    3 00006740 viBufRead
+        202    4 000068C0 viBufWrite
+        260    5 00006AD0 viClear
+        132    6 000061B0 viClose
+        136    7 00006450 viDisableEvent
+        137    8 000064C0 viDiscardEvents
+        135    9 000063D0 viEnableEvent
+        130    A 00005B50 viFindNext
+        129    B 00005AA0 viFindRsrc
+        268    C 00006B90 viFlush
+        133    D 00006360 viGetAttribute
+        128    E 00005A80 viGetDefaultRM
+        212    F 000081C0 viGpibCommand
+        210   10 00008120 viGpibControlATN
+        208   11 00007E20 viGpibControlREN
+        213   12 00008240 viGpibPassControl
+        211   13 00008170 viGpibSendIFC
+        261   14 00007180 viIn16
+        224   15 00008940 viIn16Ex
+        281   16 00007290 viIn32
+        226   17 000089C0 viIn32Ex
+        220   18 000087B0 viIn64
+        228   19 00008A40 viIn64Ex
+        273   1A 00007070 viIn8
+        222   1B 000088C0 viIn8Ex
+        139   1C 000065E0 viInstallHandler
+        144   1D 00007C80 viLock
+        263   1E 000078C0 viMapAddress
+        242   1F 00008D00 viMapAddressEx
+        216   20 00008370 viMapTrigger
+        291   21 00007D60 viMemAlloc
+        243   22 00008DD0 viMemAllocEx
+        292   23 00007DD0 viMemFree
+        244   24 00008E40 viMemFreeEx
+        200   25 000073A0 viMove
+        201   26 00007490 viMoveAsync
+        241   27 00008F80 viMoveAsyncEx
+        240   28 00008E90 viMoveEx
+        285   29 00007200 viMoveIn16
+        234   2A 00008B50 viMoveIn16Ex
+        287   2B 00007310 viMoveIn32
+        236   2C 00008BE0 viMoveIn32Ex
+        230   2D 00008830 viMoveIn64
+        238   2E 00008C70 viMoveIn64Ex
+        283   2F 000070F0 viMoveIn8
+        232   30 00008AC0 viMoveIn8Ex
+        286   31 00007720 viMoveOut16
+        235   32 000093A0 viMoveOut16Ex
+        288   33 00007830 viMoveOut32
+        237   34 00009430 viMoveOut32Ex
+        231   35 00009080 viMoveOut64
+        239   36 000094C0 viMoveOut64Ex
+        284   37 00007610 viMoveOut8
+        233   38 00009310 viMoveOut8Ex
+        131   39 00005C30 viOpen
+        141   3A 00005A80 viOpenDefaultRM
+        262   3B 000076A0 viOut16
+        225   3C 00009190 viOut16Ex
+        282   3D 000077B0 viOut32
+        227   3E 00009210 viOut32Ex
+        221   3F 00009550 viOut64
+        229   40 00009290 viOut64Ex
+        274   41 00007590 viOut8
+        223   42 00009110 viOut8Ex
+        146   43 00007EF0 viParseRsrc
+        147   44 00008460 viParseRsrcEx
+        265   45 00007A50 viPeek16
+        289   46 00007AC0 viPeek32
+        245   47 000095D0 viPeek64
+        275   48 000079E0 viPeek8
+        266   49 00007BA0 viPoke16
+        290   4A 00007C10 viPoke32
+        246   4B 00009640 viPoke64
+        276   4C 00007B30 viPoke8
+        269   4D 00006BE0 viPrintf
+        279   4E 00006F80 viQueryf
+        256   4F 000066C0 viRead
+        277   50 000067C0 viReadAsync
+        259   51 00006A80 viReadSTB
+        219   52 00008020 viReadToFile
+        204   53 00006CC0 viSPrintf
+        206   54 00006E90 viSScanf
+        271   55 00006DB0 viScanf
+        134   56 000062F0 viSetAttribute
+        267   57 00006B20 viSetBuf
+        142   58 00006210 viStatusDesc
+        143   59 000069C0 viTerminate
+        140   5A 00006650 viUninstallHandler
+        145   5B 00007D10 viUnlock
+        264   5C 00007990 viUnmapAddress
+        217   5D 000083F0 viUnmapTrigger
+        294   5E 000086C0 viUsbControlIn
+        293   5F 000085F0 viUsbControlOut
+        270   60 00006C50 viVPrintf
+        280   61 00006FF0 viVQueryf
+        205   62 00006D30 viVSPrintf
+        207   63 00006F00 viVSScanf
+        272   64 00006E20 viVScanf
+        209   65 00007E70 viVxiCommandQuery
+        138   66 00006530 viWaitOnEvent
+        257   67 00006840 viWrite
+        278   68 00006940 viWriteAsync
+        218   69 000080A0 viWriteFromFile
+
+  Summary
+
+        2000 .data
+        1000 .pdata
+        5000 .rdata
+        1000 .reloc
+        1000 .rsrc
+        B000 .text

data/lib/rb_visa.rb

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+module RbVisa
+
+  require "ffi"
+  require "rb_visa/visa"
+  require "rb_visa/session"
+	
+end

data/lib/rb_visa/io.rb

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+module RbVisa
+
+  class Session
+  
+    def buffer_grow size
+      if size > @string_buffer_length
+        @string_buffer = FFI::MemoryPointer.new :char, size
+        @string_buffer_length = size
+      end     
+    end
+    
+    def write command
+      buffer_grow command.length
+      @string_buffer.write_string command
+      @read_count ||= FFI::MemoryPointer.new :uint32, 1     
+      check VISA::viWrite @session, @string_buffer, command.length, @read_count      
+#puts "write count %i" % @read_count.read_uint32
+      self     
+    end
+
+    def read bytes = @string_buffer_length
+      buffer_grow bytes
+      @read_count ||= FFI::MemoryPointer.new :uint32, 1     
+      check VISA::viRead @session, @string_buffer, bytes, @read_count
+#puts "read count %i" % @read_count.read_uint32
+      @string_buffer.read_string(@read_count.read_uint32).chomp
+    end 
+    
+    def << command
+      self.write command
+    end 
+    
+    def query command
+      self.write(command).read
+    end
+    
+    def id?
+      query "*idn?"   
+    end
+    
+    def parse
+      @read_count ||= FFI::MemoryPointer.new :uint32, 1     
+      
+      comp   = "#".bytes.first
+      offset = '0'.bytes.first
+       
+      #find beginning of header      
+      while true
+         check VISA::viRead @session, @string_buffer, 1, @read_count
+         break if comp == @string_buffer.read_char
+      end
+      
+      #read the size of the header tag
+      check VISA::viRead @session, @string_buffer, 1, @read_count
+      data_size_tag_size = @string_buffer.read_char - offset
+#puts "data_size_tag size: %i" % data_size_tag_size
+      
+      #read the header tag and parse into an int
+      check VISA::viRead @session, @string_buffer, data_size_tag_size, @read_count    
+      size = @string_buffer.read_array_of_char(data_size_tag_size).map{ |c|
+        c - offset
+      }.join.to_i     
+puts "data size: %i" % size    
+      size
+    end
+    
+    def mread_into chunk, &next_buffer   
+      total = 0
+      (self.parse / chunk).times do 
+        VISA::viRead @session, next_buffer.call, chunk, @read_count  
+puts "mread read count %i" % @read_count.read_uint32 
+        total += @read_count.read_uint32
+      end
+      total
+    end
+    
+    def mread_to chunk, &handle_data
+      buffer_grow.chunk
+      total = 0
+      (self.parse / chunk).times do 
+        VISA::viRead @session, @string_buffer, chunk, @read_count   
+        handle_data.call @string_buffer.read_array_of_char chunk        
+        total += @read_count.read_uint32
+      end 
+    end
+  
+  end
+	
+end

data/lib/rb_visa/session.rb

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+module RbVisa
+
+  class Session
+  
+    attr_reader :session, :rm, :status, :address
+ 
+    def initialize address, &block
+      mem = FFI::MemoryPointer.new :uint32, 1
+      check VISA::viOpenDefaultRM mem
+      puts "ressource manager opened"
+      @rm = mem.read_uint32
+      @address = address
+      check VISA::viOpen( @rm, @address, VISA::VI_NULL, VISA::VI_NULL, mem)
+      puts "session opened"
+      @session = mem.read_uint32
+      
+      @string_buffer_length = 126
+      @string_buffer = FFI::MemoryPointer.new :char, @string_buffer_length
+      
+      self.instance_eval &block if block
+      self
+    end
+    
+    def close
+      check VISA::viClose @session
+      check VISA::viClose @rm
+    end
+        
+    def self.release object
+      object.close
+    end
+    
+    def check status
+      puts self.status? if 0 > (@status = status)
+      self
+    end
+    
+    def status?
+    puts "error code #{@status} for #{@session ||@rm}"
+      @error_buffer ||= FFI::MemoryPointer.new :char, 256
+      VISA::viStatusDesc @session||@rm, @status, @error_buffer
+      @error_buffer.read_string
+    end
+    
+    def clear
+      check VISA::viClear @session
+      self
+    end
+    
+    def flush mask_val = VISA::VI_READ_BUF_DISCARD
+      check VISA::viFlush @session, mask_val
+      self
+    end
+    
+    def buffer params = {}      
+      VISA::Buffer.each_pair{ |buf,mask|
+        check VISA::viSetBuf( @session, mask, params[buf] ) if params[buf] && params[buf] > 0
+      } if params.is_a? Hash
+      self
+    end
+    
+    def [] name
+      mem = FFI::MemoryPointer.new :uint32, 1
+      name = VISA.const_get(name) if name.is_a? Symbol 
+      check VISA::viGetAttribute( @session, name, mem )
+      return mem.read_uint32   
+    end
+    
+    def []= name, value
+      name  = VISA.const_get(name)  if name.is_a? Symbol 
+      value = VISA.const_get(value) if value.is_a? Symbol 
+      check VISA::viSetAttribute( @session, name, value )
+    end
+    
+    require 'rb_visa/io'
+  
+  end
+	
+end

data/lib/rb_visa/visa.rb

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+module RbVisa
+
+  module VISA
+	  path='C:\Windows\System32\visa32.dll' # <TO_DO> read path from configuration file
+	  extend FFI::Library
+	  ffi_lib path
+	
+	  require 'rb_visa/visa/template'
+	  Template.each{ |sig| attach_function *sig }
+	 
+	  VI_NULL   = 0
+	  VI_FALSE  = 0
+	  VI_TRUE   = 1
+	 
+	  # buffer settings
+	  VI_READ_BUF             = 1
+	  VI_WRITE_BUF            = 2
+	  VI_READ_BUF_DISCARD     = 4
+    VI_WRITE_BUF_DISCARD    = 8
+	  VI_ASRL_IN_BUF 	        = 16    # VI_IO_IN_BUF
+	  VI_ASRL_OUT_BUF         = 32    # VI_IO_out_BUF
+    VI_ASRL_IN_BUF_DISCARD  = 64    # VI_IO_IN_BUF_DISCARD
+	  VI_ASRL_OUT_BUF_DISCARD = 128   # VI_IO_OUT_BUF_DISCARD
+	  	 
+	  Buffer = {
+	    read:     VI_READ_BUF,
+	    write:    VI_WRITE_BUF,
+	    asrl_in:  VI_ASRL_IN_BUF,
+	    asrl_out: VI_ASRL_OUT_BUF,
+	  }
+    
+    # other attributes
+    VI_ATTR_TMO_VALUE       = "3fff001a".hex
+    VI_TMO_INFINITE         = "FFFFFFFF".hex
+
+	end
+	
+end

data/lib/rb_visa/visa/template.rb

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+module RbVisa
+
+  module VISA
+  
+    Template = [   
+        [ :viOpenDefaultRM,
+          [ :pointer],        # :uint32* which stores the ressource manager handle
+          :int32],
+        
+        [ :viOpen, 
+          [ :uint32,          # ressource manager handle
+            :pointer,         # device address
+            :uint32,          # access mode
+            :uint32,          # timeout
+            :pointer],        # :uint32* which stores the session handle  
+          :int32],     
+
+        [ :viClose, 
+          [:uint32],          # session/ressource manager handle
+          :int32],    
+        
+        [ :viClear, 
+          [:uint32],          # session/ressource manager handle
+          :int32],  
+          
+        [ :viStatusDesc,
+          [ :uint32,          # session handle
+            :int32,           # status code
+            :pointer],        # char* output description of the status code
+          :int32],  
+                            
+        [ :viSetAttribute,
+          [ :uint32,          # session handle
+            :uint32,          # attribute name
+            :uint32],         # attribute state (can be 64bits, need to check !)
+          :int32], 
+
+        [ :viGetAttribute,
+          [ :uint32,          # session handle
+            :uint32,          # attribute name
+            :pointer],        # uint32* attribute state outpout (can be 64bits, need to check !)
+          :int32], 
+                    
+        [ :viSetBuf,
+          [ :uint32,          # session handle
+            :uint16,          # mask
+            :uint32],         # size
+          :int32],
+          
+        [ :viWrite,
+          [ :uint32,          # session handle
+            :pointer,         # uint8*  buffer for input data
+            :uint32,          # buffer size
+            :pointer],        # uint32* which stores the number of bytes written to the device
+          :int32],
+       
+        [ :viRead,
+          [ :uint32,          # session handle
+            :pointer,         # char* pointer to output buffer
+            :uint32,          # number of bytes to read
+            :pointer],        # uint32* which stores the number of bytes written to the buffer   
+          :int32],         
+
+        [ :viBufRead,
+          [ :uint32,          # session handle
+            :pointer,         # char* pointer to output buffer
+            :uint32,          # number of bytes to read
+            :pointer],        # uint32* which stores the number of bytes written to the buffer   
+          :int32],   
+                  
+        [ :viFlush,
+          [ :uint32,          # session handle
+            :uint16],         # mask
+          :int32],
+      ]
+    
+  end
+  
+end

data/rakefile.rb

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+require 'rake/clean'
+
+name = 'rb_visa'
+
+task :test_local do
+  ruby "-I./lib test/test_rbvisa.rb"
+end
+
+task :test_global do
+  ruby "test/test_rbvisa.rb"
+end
+
+task :gem_install => :gem_build do
+  gemfile = Dir.new("./").entries.select{ |f| f =~ /rb_visa-[\d]+\.[\d]+\.[\d]+.gem/ }[0]
+  sh "gem install %s" % gemfile
+end
+
+task :gem_build do
+  sh "gem build %s.gemspec" % name
+end

data/test/TES_measurement.rb

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+puts  "-- TES voltage measurement script --","",
+      "send complains to hugo.benichi@m4x.org",
+      "loading modules..."
+
+require 'rb_visa'
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'cbuffer'
+require 'highline/system_extensions'
+
+data_dir = ""
+date = Time.new
+base_dir = "%s/%i-%i-%i" % [data_dir, date.year, date.month, date.day]
+FileUtils::mkdir_p base_dir
+data_path = "%s/%ih%imin"  [base_dir, data.hour, data.min]
+data_path += "_%s" % ARGV[0] if ARGV[0]
+
+
+size      = 1000    # size of one frame
+ff_count  = 5000    # ff frames chunk
+frm_tot   = 100000  # total frames
+chunk     = 100000  # bytes
+repet     = 20      # number of curve? cycles
+scale     = 1E-6 
+sample    = 100E6
+ 
+puts  "datapath: %s" % data_path,
+      "samplerate:  %s MHz" % (sample / 100000),
+      "scale/div:   %s ms" % (scale * 1000),
+      "frame size:  %i bytes" % (sample*scale*10),
+      "recording %i FastFrame chunks of %i frames each" % [repet, ff_count],
+      "transferring %i bytes at a time (= %i frames)" % [chunk, chunk / (sample*scale*10)]
+      
+
+buffer = CBuffer.new( path: data_path, chunk: chunk, length: chunk*126 )
+
+
+tek = RbVisa::Session.new 'TCPIP0::133.243.104.179::inst0::INSTR'
+tek[:VI_ATTR_TMO_VALUE] = :VI_TMO_INFINITE
+puts tek.id?
+ 
+[
+  "*CLS",
+  "HEADER OFF",
+  "DISPLAY:WAVEFORM:OFF",
+  "SELECT:CH1 ON;CH2 OFF;CH3 OFF;CH4 ON",
+  
+  "TRIGGER:A:TYPE EDGE",
+  "TRIGGER:MODE NORMAL",
+  "TRIGGER:LEVEL 1.0",
+  "TRIGGER:A:EDGE:SOURCE CH4",
+  "TRIGGER:SLOPE RISE",
+  
+  "HORIZONTAL:FASTFRAME:STATE ON",         
+  "HORIZONTAL:FASTFRAME:COUNT #{ff_count}",   
+  "HORIZONTAL:FASTFRAME:SEQUENCE FIRST", 
+  "HORIZONTAL:MODE:SCALE 1E-6",
+  "HORIZONTAL:MODE:SAMPLERATE 100E6",
+  "HORIZONTAL:MAIN:POSITION 50",
+  
+  "DATA:START 1;STOP 1000", 
+  "DATA:FRAMESTART 1",
+  "DATA:FRAMESTOP #{frm_tot}",
+  "DATA:SOURCE CH1",
+  "DATA:ENCDG FASTEST",
+  "WFMOUTPRE:BYT_NR 1",
+  
+  "ACQUIRE:SAMPLINGMODE RT",
+  "ACQUIRE:MODE SAMPLE",         
+  "ACQUIRE:STOPAFTER RUNSTOP",
+].each{ |c| tek.write c }
+
+
+buffer = FFI::MemoryPointer.new :char, 1000000
+
+
+
+puts "Tektronix oscillo ready for acquisition",
+     "  press return to start"
+$stdin.gets
+
+buffer.write{ |count| puts "wrote #{count} chunks of data" }
+tek.write "ACQUIRE:STATE RUN"
+
+time_start = Time.new
+repet.times do |i|
+  puts "chunk number %i" % i
+  tek.write "CURVE?"
+  read = tek.mread_into(chunk) { buffer.next }
+  puts "total read: %i" % read
+end
+puts "measurement time: %is" % (Time.new-time_start),
+
+buffer.stop
+puts "transfer time to HD: %is" % (Time.new-time_start),
+
+tek.write "*CLS"
+
+puts  "measurement script over", 
+      "press any key to close this window"
+          
+HighLine::SystemExtensions::get_character.chr

data/test/measurement_starter.bat

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+:: batch script for starting TES_measurement (double-click friendly)
+
+start ruby TES_measurement.rb

data/test/reset.bat

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+@echo off
+setlocal enableDelayedExpansion
+set NL=^
+
+
+rem two empty line required
+set program=require 'rb_visa'
+set program=!program!!NL!require 'highline/system_extensions'
+set program=!program!!NL!include HighLine::SystemExtensions
+set program=!program!!NL!address = 'TCPIP0::133.243.104.179::inst0::INSTR'
+set program=!program!!NL!puts '', 'default parameters for ' + address
+set program=!program!!NL!tek = RbVisa::Session.new address
+set program=!program!!NL!puts tek.id?
+set program=!program!!NL!tek.write 'HORIZONTAL:FASTFRAME:STATE OFF'
+set program=!program!!NL!tek.write 'SELECT:CH1 ON;CH2 OFF;CH3 OFF;CH4 OFF'
+set program=!program!!NL!tek.write 'TRIGGER:A:TYPE EDGE;MODE NORMAL;LEVEL 1.0'
+set program=!program!!NL!tek.write 'TRIGGER:A:MODE AUTO'
+set program=!program!!NL!tek.write 'HORIZONTAL:MODE:SCALE 2E-3;SAMPLERATE 500E3'
+set program=!program!!NL!tek.write 'HORIZONTAL:MAIN:POSITION 50'
+set program=!program!!NL!tek.write 'DISPLAY:WAVEFORM ON'
+set program=!program!!NL!tek.write 'ACQUIRE:STOPAFTER RUNSTOP'
+set program=!program!!NL!tek.write 'ACQUIRE:STATE RUN'
+set program=!program!!NL!puts 'press any key to close this window'
+set program=!program!!NL!get_character.chr
+
+ruby -e "!program!"

data/test/test_rbvisa.rb

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+require 'rb_visa'
+
+tek = RbVisa::Session.new("TCPIP0::133.243.104.179::inst0::INSTR")
+
+puts tek.id?

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: rb_visa
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.1.1
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Hugo Benichi
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-06-26 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies: []
+description: A Ruby layer wrapping around the Ni-VISA calls. Based on the ffi gem
+email: hugo.benichi@m4x.org
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- lib/rb_visa.rb
+- lib/rb_visa/visa/template.rb
+- lib/rb_visa/visa.rb
+- lib/rb_visa/session.rb
+- lib/rb_visa/io.rb
+- ext/rb_visa/visa32.def
+- ext/rb_visa/visa64.def
+- test/test_rbvisa.rb
+- test/TES_measurement.rb
+- test/reset.bat
+- test/measurement_starter.bat
+- rakefile.rb
+- README
+homepage: http://github.com/hugobenichi/rb_visa
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.8.11
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Ruby wrapper to NI-VISA API for measurement devices automation
+test_files: []