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import ctypes
import os


    

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os.chdir('C:\Program Files\Thorlabs\Kinesis')


    

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lib = ctypes.windll.LoadLibrary(r'C:\Program Files\Thorlabs\Kinesis\ThorLabs.MotionControl.KCube.StrainGauge.dll')


    

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lib.TLI_BuildDeviceList()


    

    
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0

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nDev = lib.TLI_GetDeviceListSize()


    

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devID = 59
TL_cBufSize = 255
sBuf = ctypes.c_buffer(TL_cBufSize)
if lib.TLI_GetDeviceListByTypeExt(sBuf, TL_cBufSize, devID) != 0:
    print("ERROR", "No devices of type {0} found".format(devID))


    

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sBuf


    

    
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<ctypes.c_char_Array_255 object at 0x000000000BCC8548>

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serNr        = 59000019
serNrStr= ctypes.c_char_p(serNr.__str__().encode("ascii"))

serNrStrList = sBuf.value.decode().rsplit(",")[0:-1]
if not(serNr.__str__() in serNrStrList):
    print("ERROR", "No device with S/N {0} found".format(serNr))


    

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