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DeviceSettingsModule.read() → NodeDict

Read device settings.

Note: It is not recommend to use this function to read the device settings. Instead one can use the zhinst-toolkit functionality to read all settings from a device/subtree from the device directly by calling it.

>>> device = session.connect_device()
>>> ...
>>> device()
<all device settings>
>>> device.demods()
<all demodulator settings>

Returns:

Device settings.

Return type:

NodeDict