python-seabreeze does not support Python 3.7 and above

$ conda create -n py36 python=3.6

$ conda activate py36

$ git clone https://github.com/mabuchilab/Instrumental.git

$ git clone https://github.com/mabuchilab/NiceLib.git

$ git clone https://github.com/doddgray/experiment_control.git

$ pip install pyvisa

$ conda install future

$ python ./NiceLib/setup.py install

$ python ./Instrumental/setup.py install

Download installer from https://sourceforge.net/projects/seabreeze/files/SeaBreeze/installers/ and run If a zip file is downloaded, plug in the spectrometer and use the update driver and browse for driver files from the extracted files.

Download from

https://sourceforge.net/projects/seabreeze/

Following the instructions in

https://oceanoptics.com/api/seabreeze/index.html#install_linux

Run the following to compile Seabreeze drivers and set paths

$ make

$ export DYLD_FALLBACK_FRAMEWORK_PATH="$PWD/lib"

$ export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$PWD/lib"

Un plug and replug usb and Run the following to test if Seabreeze drivers are installed $ test/seabreeze_test_posix

For Python 3.6 distributions and below $ conda install -c poehlmann python-seabreeze

For Python 3.8 and beyond $ conda install -c poehlmann seabreeze

conda install pyqtgraph

http://www.pyqtgraph.org/documentation/installation.html

$ python ./experiment_control/ocean_optics_HR4000_plot.py

Follow instructions at https://pyvisa.readthedocs.io/en/master/getting.html

Download and install NI-VISA http://www.ni.com/en-us/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-visa.html#305862

Install NI-488.2 for GPIB support http://www.ni.com/en-us/support/downloads/drivers/download.ni-488-2.html#306165

for Mac OSX Allow National Instruments software access to system in System Preferences > Security & Privacy

Check to see if the driver is properly installed In [1]: import visa In [2]: rm = visa.ResourceManager() In [3]: rm.list_resources() Out[3]: ('ASRL1::INSTR', 'GPIB0::15::INSTR')