Stand-alone mode

Zahner’s power potentiostats or electronic loads (PP2X2, XPOT2, EL1002) can also be operated in stand-alone mode, for which a Windows 10/11 or Linux computer is necessary. For software updates, Windows 10/11 is required and the use of a virtual machine is not permitted. The application of a USB hub for connecting the device is not recommended.

The PP2X2/XPOT2/EL1002 potentiostat can also be controlled with other third-party software (e.g., Python). This allows for the integration in already established experimental setups. The potentiostats provide serial interfaces via the USB serial port which can be used to communicate with the potentiostat via the SCPI protocol. In the future, it is planned that the ethernet interface will be activated via a free software update.

Zahner has prepared a GitHub library for controlling the PP2X2/XPOT2/EL1002 potentiostats with Python via SCPI:

https://github.com/Zahner-elektrik/zahner_potentiostat

And a GitHub repository with examples using the library:

https://github.com/Zahner-elektrik/Zahner-Remote-Python

The API documentation can be found at:

https://doc.zahner.de/zahner_potentiostat

Only DC measurements can be carried out in the stand-alone mode.