I try to run in the python shell some commands by using pyvisa. So I do the following as they show here, but when I execute rm = visa.ResourceManager() and press Enter, it crashes, and I get the Abort trap: 6 respond. Does anyone know what is wrong? My Python version is 3.6.3, and I am using the macOS Mojave.
import visa
rm = visa.ResourceManager()
Just ran into the same problem last week and was finally able to fix this issue on my mac. Went on the NI forum and found the solution. They suggested rebooting your machine, go on System Preferences > Security and Privacy and allowing NI software to run on your machine. Link to a more details below, hope this helps.
https://forums.ni.com/t5/Instrument-Control-GPIB-Serial/Abort-problem-after-installing-NI-VISA-18-0-0-and-PyVisa-on-Mac/m-p/3819283/highlight/true#M77872