pyusb VS WireViz

You can write python code that reads the data the scanner is sending, but it's not super simple getting up to speed on this. It might be best to search on python read usb hid device and start experimenting. The links found on the search lead to pyusb which has a tutorial. The first stumbling block is that the tutorial requires data about the device, such as idVendor and idProduct. You can write python code to find these values for your scanner if you don't know them, but you'll have to search on that.

If you don't mind my asking, what aspects of "acceptable layout" is usually the first to get busted?

I'm extremely excited about using WireViz[1] to automate wiring harness diagram creation, and if I can, I'd like to know the speedbumps before I hit them. I'm thinkin generous linking between diagrams will be one path.

[1] Project:: https://github.com/wireviz/WireViz SandboxP:: https://kroki.io/#try [select Diagram>WireViz]

Like WireViz?

WireViz is nice for generating manufacturing files for wiring looms, but you might want to use something else for descriptive documentation diagrams

WireViz, Easily document cables and wiring harnesses WireViz is a little tool very handy to document your cabling and get beautiful visual from it.

I found that wireviz does have multicolour support, dashed and stripes but maybe not the angled one we'd need for earth lead in Australia (iec also). Diagrammatically it should look like a barbers pole. yellow and green