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diff --git a/docs/resources.rst b/docs/resources.rst index fc093e8..73de678 100644 --- a/docs/resources.rst +++ b/docs/resources.rst @@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ You do not create this objects directly but they are returned by the `open_resource` method of a `ResourceManager`. In general terms, there are two main groups derived from `Resource`: `MessageBased` and `RegisterBased`. +.. note:: The resource Python class to use is selected automatically from the + resource name. However, you can force + + >>> from pyvisa.resources import MessageBasedResource + >>> inst = rm.open('ASRL1::INSTR', resource_pyclass=MessageBasedResource) + + The following sections explore the most common attributes of `Resource` and `MessageBased` (Serial, GPIB, etc) which are the ones you will encounte more often. For more information, refer to the :ref:`api`. |