Lab::VISA::Installation - Installation guide for Lab::VISA
Install a recent version of Strawberry Perl (5.26 or later).
Install NI-VISA and the drivers required for your instruments. E.g. for GPIB you need the NI IEEE-488.2 driver.
Build and install with
cpanm Lab::VISA
Have fun!
As a Linux user you will probably be able to figure out things yourself. Here is a rough outline:
Before you start, you must have the VISA library by National Instrument installed. If you plan to use GPIB connections (which is very likely), you must also have the necessary drivers (NI-488.2) for your GPIB adapter card installed. Refer to National Instruments' very good documentation for additional information:
http://digital.ni.com/softlib.nsf/webcategories/85256410006C055586256BBB002C0E91?opendocument&node=132060_US
In file Makefile.PL adapt the LIBS and INC settings according to your installation. This is what worked for me:
Makefile.PL
'LIBS' => ['-lvisa'], 'INC' => '-I/usr/local/vxipnp/linux/include/',
Then do the usual
perl Makefile.PL make make install
Here is a quick test program that you can run with perl -Mblib test.pl:
#!/usr/bin/perl use Lab::VISA; my ($status, $sesn) = Lab::VISA::viOpenDefaultRM(); printf "status: %x (%s)\n", $status, (($status == $Lab::VISA::VI_SUCCESS) ? "success" : "no success"); print "sesn: $sesn\n"; my ($status, $findList, $retcnt, $instrDesc) = Lab::VISA::viFindRsrc($sesn, "ASRL1::INSTR"); printf "status: %x (%s)\n", $status, (($status == $Lab::VISA::VI_SUCCESS) ? "success" : "no success"); print "findList: $findList\n"; print "retcnt: $retcnt\n"; print "instrDesc: $instrDesc\n"; __END__
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To install Lab::VISA, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Lab::VISA
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.