Hi Have you installed the module after unzipping it? python setup.py install Got it from the README file in the downloaded tar. Regards Yashwin Kanchan On 1 April 2011 16:29, Manatee <markrrivet at aol.com> wrote: > I have unpacked the PyVISA files into the Python/lib/site-packages dir > and from the IDLE GUI I get and error >> import visa >> Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#25>", line 1, in <module> > import visa > ImportError: No module named visa >>>> There must be more to just putting the files in the correct directory. > Need help configuring PyVISA to work. > My ultimate goal is to control electronic instruments with Python > through visa. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/attachments/20110401/1cbe0f49/attachment-0001.html>