OS shell

Most of the Autolab functions can also be used directly from a Windows or Linux terminal without opening explicitely a Python shell.

Just execute the command autolab or autolab -h or autolab --help in your terminal to see the available subcommands.

C:\Users\qchat>      autolab
C:\Users\qchat>      autolab -h
Hostname:/home/User$ autolab --help

The subcommands are :

• autolab gui : a shortcut of the python function autolab.gui() to start the graphical interface of Autolab.

• autolab install_drivers : a shortcut of the python function autolab.install_drivers() to install drivers from GitHub

• autolab driver : a shortcut of the python interface Driver (see Command driver)

• autolab device : a shortcut of the python interface Device (see Command device)

• autolab doc : a shortcut of the python function autolab.doc() to open the present online documentation.

• autolab report : a shortcut of the python function autolab.report() to open the present online documentation.

• autolab infos : a shortcut of the python function autolab.infos() to list the drivers and the local configurations available on your system.

Table of contents:

• Getting help
• Instantiate a driver/device
• Command driver
• Command device