MCC Universal Library Python API for Windows
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Contains a Python API for interacting with Measurement Computing’s Universal Library. See GitHub for the latest source. |
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Measurement Computing |
About
The mcculw package contains an API (Application Programming Interface) for interacting with the I/O Library for Measurement Computing Data Acquisition products, Universal Library. This package was created and is supported by MCC. The package is implemented in Python as a wrapper around the Universal Library C API using the ctypes Python Library.
mcculw is supported for Universal Library 6.55 and later. Some functions in the mcculw package may be unavailable with earlier versions of Universal Library. Visit http://www.mccdaq.com/Software-Downloads.aspx to upgrade your version of UL.
mcculw supports only the Windows operating system.
mcculw supports CPython 2.7 and 3.4+.
Installation
Running mcculw requires InstaCal. Visit http://www.mccdaq.com/Software-Downloads.aspx to download the latest version of InstaCal.
mcculw can be installed with pip:
$ pip install mcculw
Examples
Download the examples from the mcculw GitHub Repository.
Unzip the examples to a known location, such as:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Measurement Computing\DAQ\Python
Refer to the Universal Library Help for detailed instructions on how to import examples into the Eclipse IDE or Visual Studio.
Usage
The following is a basic example of using the Universal Library to perform analog input. Further examples may be found on GitHub.
from mcculw import ul
from mcculw.enums import ULRange
from mcculw.ul import ULError
board_num = 0
channel = 0
ai_range = ULRange.BIP5VOLTS
try:
# Get a value from the device
value = ul.a_in(board_num, channel, ai_range)
# Convert the raw value to engineering units
eng_units_value = ul.to_eng_units(board_num, ai_range, value)
# Display the raw value
print("Raw Value: " + str(value))
# Display the engineering value
print("Engineering Value: " + '{:.3f}'.format(eng_units_value))
except ULError as e:
# Display the error
print("A UL error occurred. Code: " + str(e.errorcode)
+ " Message: " + e.message)
Support/Feedback
The mcculw package is supported by MCC. For support for mcculw, contact technical support through mccdaq.com/Support.aspx. Please include version information for Python, Universal Library and the mcculw packages used as well as detailed steps on how to reproduce the problem in your request.
Bugs/Feature Requests
To report a bug or submit a feature request, please use the mcculw GitHub issues page.
Documentation
Documentation is available in the Universal Library Help.
License
mcculw is licensed under an MIT-style license. Other incorporated projects may be licensed under different licenses. All licenses allow for non-commercial and commercial use.
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