Installation¶
Before attempting to use the drivers for the Quantum Design instruments, please be sure that you are using a version of Python which is 3.6.x and below. Additionally, please be sure that .NET 4.0+ is installed, as that allows for access to the classes within the compiled C# code.
There are a couple ways to install labdrivers.
Installing to the system Python Folder¶
To install labdrivers to the default Python installation you can use pip:
> pip install labdrivers
Note that this requires git, which can be found here: https://git-scm.com/.
If you are running an outdated version of labdrivers, please upgrade:
> pip install --upgrade labdrivers
If you prefer to install manually, download the labdrivers package from here: https://github.com/masonlab/labdrivers, then copy the labdrivers folder to:
(system python path)/lib/site-packages/