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Issue 538 FAQ Update
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MatthieuDartiailh committed Aug 25, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -162,6 +162,18 @@ dependencies. You can solve it by creating a configuration file and setting `dll
as described in :ref:`intro-configuring`.


VisaIOError: VI_ERROR_SYSTEM_ERROR: Unknown system error:
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If you have an issue creating a pyvisa.ResourceManager object, first enable screen
logging (pyvisa.log_to_screen()) to ensure it is correctly finding the dll files.
If it is correctly finding the dlls, you may see an error similar to:
* viOpenDefaultRM('<ViObject object at 0x000002B6CA4658C8>',) -> -1073807360
This issue was resolved by reinstalling python. It seems that something within the ctypes
may have been corrupted.
[https://github.com/pyvisa/pyvisa/issues/538]


Where can I get more information about VISA?
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