# Quick Start Guide ## Running the provided tools The joulescope package also installs a command-line tool, “joulescope”. You can use the coammand line tool to ensure that your connected Joulescope is working properly with the package: ```default joulescope capture --contiguous 1.0 mycapture.jls ``` To get help for all available commands: ```default joulescope help ``` You can also run the package directly, which comes in handy when running directly from the source code: ```default python3 -m joulescope --help ``` ## Writing your own code You can import the Joulescope python package in your own python scripts and applications. For example, the following script opens the joulescope instrument, reads 1/4 second of data, and then display the averaged values: ```default import joulescope import numpy as np with joulescope.scan_require_one(config='auto') as js: data = js.read(contiguous_duration=0.25) current, voltage = np.mean(data, axis=0) print(f'{current} A, {voltage} V') ``` For more examples, see [pyjoulescope_examples](https://github.com/jetperch/pyjoulescope_examples/tree/master/bin).