def open(self, access_mode=constants.AccessModes.no_lock, open_timeout=5000):
        """Opens a session to the specified resource.

        :param access_mode: Specifies the mode by which the resource is to be accessed.
        :type access_mode: :class:`pyvisa.constants.AccessModes`
        :param open_timeout: Milliseconds before the open operation times out.
        :type open_timeout: int
        """

        logger.debug('%s - opening ...', self._resource_name, extra=self._logging_extra)
        with self._resource_manager.ignore_warning(constants.VI_SUCCESS_DEV_NPRESENT):
            self.session, status = self._resource_manager.open_bare_resource(self._resource_name, access_mode, open_timeout)

            if status == constants.VI_SUCCESS_DEV_NPRESENT:
                # The device was not ready when we opened the session.
                # Now it gets five seconds more to become ready.
                # Every 0.1 seconds we probe it with viClear.
                start_time = time.time()
                sleep_time = 0.1
                try_time = 5
                while time.time() - start_time < try_time:
                    time.sleep(sleep_time)
                    try:
                        self.clear()
                        break
                    except errors.VisaIOError as error:
                        if error.error_code != constants.VI_ERROR_NLISTENERS:
                            raise

        self._logging_extra['session'] = self.session
        logger.debug('%s - is open with session %s',
                     self._resource_name, self.session,
                     extra=self._logging_extra)
Opens a session to the specified resource.

        :param access_mode: Specifies the mode by which the resource is to be accessed.
        :type access_mode: :class:`pyvisa.constants.AccessModes`
        :param open_timeout: Milliseconds before the open operation times out.
        :type open_timeout: int