Licor Library for Python

Library to access Licor devices.

Supported Devices

Li-820 gas analyzer over a serial line

Installation

Installing on Linux

• Import the repository key
  wget -O - http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/repos/apt/conf/bayceer_repo.gpg.key |apt-key add -
• Add the following repository to /etc/apt/sources.list
  deb http://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/repos/apt/debian stretch main
• Update your repository cache
  apt-get update
• Install the package
  apt-get install python-licor

Installation on Windows

Install the package by a git clone request followed by a run of setup.py:

git clone git://github.com/BayCEER/python-licor.git
cd python-licor
python setup.py install

Example Usage

Read the data values of a Licor 820 gas analyzer

from licor import Li820
li = Li820("/dev/ttyUSB0")
try:
    li.connect()
    while True:        
        data = li.readData()         
        print("co2:{0}".format(data['co2']))    
        print("co2abs:{0}".format(data['co2abs']))    
        print("celltemp:{0}".format(data['celltemp']))    
        print("cellpres:{0}".format(data['cellpres']))    
        print("ivolt:{0}".format(data['ivolt']))    
        print("raw:{0}".format(data['raw']))    
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    li.disconnect()

Authors

• Oliver Archner - Programmer - BayCEER, University of Bayreuth

History

Version 1.0.0, Dec 14, 2017

• Initial release

License

GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2.1, February 1999