It's Mr. GPIB! Connect test equipment to computer and control it remotely.
Tested with python 2.7.5, linux-gpib 3.2.20, National Instruments PCI-GPIB, and Tektronix TDS684A.
This is a work in progress...
% python -m devices.tektronix.tds tds684a
testing connection to 'tds684a'...
identity: TEKTRONIX,TDS 684A,0,CF:91.1CT FV:v4.2e
first point: 1
last point: 500
encoding: SRI
waveform: :WFMP:BYT_N 1;BIT_N 8;ENC BIN;BN_F RI;BYT_O LSB;CH1:WFI "Ch1, DC coupling, 143.0mVolts/div, 20.00us/div, 15000 points, Sample mode";NR_P 500;PT_F Y;XUN "s";XIN 400.0E-9;XZE 300.0E-9;PT_O 3000;YUN "Volts";YMU 5.720E-3;YOF 500.0E-3;YZE 0.0E+0;:CURV #3500...
done!