API Clean up - multiple source breakers

• ALL

  • Changed

    • Option string can now be a python dictionary instead of a string. (Fix #661)
      • Key/Value pairs approporiate for desired behavior

        session = nidmm.Session('Dev1', False, {'simulate': True, 'driver_setup': {'Model': '4071', 'BoardType': 'PXI'}})

    • Repeated capabilities are handled differently. See #737 for discussion
    • All function parameters or attributes that represent time now use datetime.timedelta(). See #659 for discussion
    • All functions that return calibration dates now return datetime.datetime(). See #659 for discussion

• NI-DMM

  • Changed

    • nidmm.Session() no longer takes id_query parameter (Fix #670)
    • The following functions timeout or delay parameter now is required to be a datetime.timedelta() object:
      • configure_multi_point()
      • configure_trigger()
      • fetch()
      • fetch_multi_point()
      • fetch_waveform()
      • read()
      • read_multi_point()
      • read_waveform()
    • The following functions return a datetime.datetime() object representing the date and time
      • get_cal_date_and_time()
    • Metadata updated to NI-DMM 17.5

  • Removed

    • Removed these enums and disconnected them from the associated attribute (Fix #666)
      • DCBias - DC_BIAS
      • OffsetCompensatedOhms - OFFSET_COMP_OHMS

• NI-Switch

  • Changed

    • The following functions timeout, delay or holdoff parameters now is required to be a datetime.timedelta() object:
      • configure_scan_trigger()
      • wait_for_debounce()
      • wait_for_scan_complete()

• NI-DCPower

  • Added

    • channel repeated capability - See #737 for discussion

  • Changed

    • Metadata updated to NI-DCPower 17.6.1
    • The following functions timeout parameter now is required to be a datetime.timedelta() object:
      • fetch_multiple()
      • wait_for_event()
    • The following functions return a datetime.datetime() object representing the date and time
      • get_ext_cal_last_date_and_time()
      • get_self_cal_last_date_and_time()

  • Removed

    • Removed these enums and disconnected them from the associated attribute (Fix #666)
      • CurrentLimitAutorange - CURRENT_LIMIT_AUTORANGE
      • CurrentLevelAutorange - CURRENT_LEVEL_AUTORANGE
      • VoltageLevelAutorange - VOLTAGE_LEVEL_AUTORANGE
      • VoltageLimitAutorange - VOLTAGE_LIMIT_AUTORANGE

• NI-FGEN

  • Changed

    • Repeated capablilites - See #737 for discussion:
      • channel repeated capability
      • markers repeated capability
      • script_triggers repeated capability
    • The following functions timeout parameter now is required to be a datetime.timedelta() object:
      • adjust_sample_clock_relative_delay()
      • wait_until_done()
    • The following functions return a datetime.datetime() object representing the date and time
      • get_ext_cal_last_date_and_time()
      • get_self_cal_last_date_and_time()

• NI-SCOPE

  • Added

    • Repeated capablilites - See #737 for discussion:
      • channel repeated capability

  • Changed

    • niscope.Session() no longer takes id_query parameter (Fix #670)
    • The following functions timeout, delay or holdoff parameters now is required to be a datetime.timedelta() object:
      • configure_trigger_digital()
      • configure_trigger_edge()
      • configure_trigger_hysteresis()
      • configure_trigger_software()
      • configure_trigger_video()
      • configure_trigger_window()
      • fetch()
      • fetch_measurement_stats()
      • read()

  • Removed

    • Removed these enums and disconnected them from the associated attribute (Fix #666)
      • BoolEnableDisable - P2P_ENABLED, P2P_ADVANCED_ATTRIBUTES_ENABLED, P2P_ONBOARD_MEMORY_ENABLED
      • BoolEnableDisableChan - CHANNEL_ENABLED
      • BoolEnableDisableIQ - FETCH_INTERLEAVED_IQ_DATA
      • BoolEnableDisableRealtime - HORZ_ENFORCE_REALTIME
      • BoolEnableDisableTIS - ENABLE_TIME_INTERLEAVED_SAMPLING