{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/python-ivi/python-ivi/issues/23","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/python-ivi/python-ivi/issues/23/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/python-ivi/python-ivi/issues/23/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/python-ivi/python-ivi/issues/23/events","html_url":"https://github.com/python-ivi/python-ivi/issues/23","id":56429675,"number":23,"title":"relationship between  pyvisa, lantz, slave, etc","user":{"login":"arsenovic","id":1228240,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1228240?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic","html_url":"https://github.com/arsenovic","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/arsenovic/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":34,"created_at":"2015-02-03T20:09:05Z","updated_at":"2015-02-08T20:15:23Z","closed_at":null,"body":"hello,  \r\n  i am a developer of [scikit-rf](http://scikit-rf-web.readthedocs.org/en/latest/), an RF/microwave module. within this module i have various VI's that have been written with pyvisa. \r\n\r\ni recently had the need to connect to the same instruments over a different interface ( TCP/IP). while searching around i discovered the *new* pyvisa/lantz (@hgrecco), slave(@p3trus), and python-ivi/python-vx11 packages.  \r\n\r\nare these all providing different things? is there any interest in consolidation? \r\n\r\nif not, perhaps we could collaborate on a page that compares/contrasts the differences between the available systems? \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ,\r\n"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/python-ivi/python-ivi/issues/comments/73429183","html_url":"https://github.com/python-ivi/python-ivi/issues/23#issuecomment-73429183","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/python-ivi/python-ivi/issues/23","id":73429183,"user":{"login":"alexforencich","id":508807,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/508807?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich","html_url":"https://github.com/alexforencich","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alexforencich/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-02-08T20:15:23Z","updated_at":"2015-02-08T20:15:23Z","body":"Me neither.  If you asked me a month ago if I would be interested in abandoning python-ivi, the answer would have been 'hell no' because I have put a lot of hours in to it over the past couple of years.  However, I think the community would be much better served by uniting all of this stuff under one common banner.  Take a look at the supported instrument list in python-ivi.  I will port all of that over and test it out, presuming that we can come to a reasonable consensus on the right way forward.  I want to see a strong community around this stuff and I don't want to see anyone alienated by pushing ahead before everyone is on board.  "}}