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If you are running an outdated version of labdrivers, please upgrade: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/