Get Usb Device Address Through Python

Simple way to query connected USB devices info in Python?

I can think of a quick code like this.

Since all USB ports can be accessed via /dev/bus/usb/< bus >/< device >

For the ID generated, even if you unplug the device and reattach it [ could be some other port ]. It will be the same.

import re
import subprocess
device_re = re.compile("Bus\s+(?P<bus>\d+)\s+Device\s+(?P<device>\d+).+ID\s(?P<id>\w+:\w+)\s(?P<tag>.+)$", re.I)
df = subprocess.check_output("lsusb")
devices = []
for i in df.split('\n'):
    if i:
        info = device_re.match(i)
        if info:
            dinfo = info.groupdict()
            dinfo['device'] = '/dev/bus/usb/%s/%s' % (dinfo.pop('bus'), dinfo.pop('device'))
            devices.append(dinfo)
print devices

Sample output here will be:

[
{'device': '/dev/bus/usb/001/009', 'tag': 'Apple, Inc. Optical USB Mouse [Mitsumi]', 'id': '05ac:0304'},
{'device': '/dev/bus/usb/001/001', 'tag': 'Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub', 'id': '1d6b:0002'},
{'device': '/dev/bus/usb/001/002', 'tag': 'Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub', 'id': '8087:0020'},
{'device': '/dev/bus/usb/001/004', 'tag': 'Microdia ', 'id': '0c45:641d'}
]

Code Updated for Python 3

import re
import subprocess
device_re = re.compile(b"Bus\s+(?P<bus>\d+)\s+Device\s+(?P<device>\d+).+ID\s(?P<id>\w+:\w+)\s(?P<tag>.+)$", re.I)
df = subprocess.check_output("lsusb")
devices = []
for i in df.split(b'\n'):
    if i:
        info = device_re.match(i)
        if info:
            dinfo = info.groupdict()
            dinfo['device'] = '/dev/bus/usb/%s/%s' % (dinfo.pop('bus'), dinfo.pop('device'))
            devices.append(dinfo)
            
print(devices)

PyUSB: reading from a USB device

I guess there was no chance to answer this question unless somebody already went through the very same problems.
I'm sorry for all of you (@Alex P., @Turbo J, @igrinis, @2xB) who took your time to make suggestions to help.

My findings: (I hope they will be useful to others):

1. Everything seems to be OK with PyUSB.
2. the vendor has provided outdated and wrong documentation. I hope very much that they will soon update the documentation on their homepage.
3. Sending the command :SDSLSCPI# is not necessary to enter SCPI-mode (but actually leads to a crash/restart)
4. For example: :CHAN1:SCAL 10v is wrong, it has to be :CH1:SCALe 10v (commands apparenty can't be abbreviated, although mentioned in the documentation that :CH1:SCAL 10v should also work.)
5. the essential command to get data :DATA:WAVE:SCREen:CH1? was missing in the manual.

The way it is working for me (so far):

The following would have been the minimal code I expected from the vendor/manufacturer. But instead I wasted a lot of time debugging their documentation.
However, still some strange things are going on, e.g. it seems you get data only if you ask for the header beforehand. But, well, this is not the topic of the original question.

Code:

### read data from a Peaktech 1337 Oscilloscope (OWON)
import usb.core
import usb.util

dev = usb.core.find(idVendor=0x5345, idProduct=0x1234)

if dev is None:
    raise ValueError('Device not found')
else:
    print(dev)
    dev.set_configuration()

def send(cmd):
    # address taken from results of print(dev):   ENDPOINT 0x3: Bulk OUT
    dev.write(3,cmd)
    # address taken from results of print(dev):   ENDPOINT 0x81: Bulk IN
    result = (dev.read(0x81,100000,1000))
    return result

def get_id():
    return send('*IDN?').tobytes().decode('utf-8')

def get_data(ch):
    # first 4 bytes indicate the number of data bytes following
    rawdata = send(':DATA:WAVE:SCREen:CH{}?'.format(ch))
    data = []
    for idx in range(4,len(rawdata),2):
        # take 2 bytes and convert them to signed integer using "little-endian"
        point = int().from_bytes([rawdata[idx], rawdata[idx+1]],'little',signed=True)
        data.append(point/4096)  # data as 12 bit
    return data

def get_header():
    # first 4 bytes indicate the number of data bytes following
    header = send(':DATA:WAVE:SCREen:HEAD?')
    header = header[4:].tobytes().decode('utf-8')
    return header

def save_data(ffname,data):
    f = open(ffname,'w')
    f.write('\n'.join(map(str, data)))
    f.close()

print(get_id())
header = get_header()
data = get_data(1)
save_data('Osci.dat',data)
### end of code

Result: (using gnuplot)

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