/* vxi11_user.h * Copyright (C) 2006 Steve D. Sharples * * User library for opening, closing, sending to and receiving from * a device enabled with the VXI11 RPC ethernet protocol. Uses the files * generated by rpcgen vxi11.x. * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * The author's email address is steve.sharples@nottingham.ac.uk */ #ifndef __VXI11_USER__ #define __VXI11_USER__ #include #include #include #include #include "vxi11.h" #define VXI11_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT 10000 /* in ms */ #define VXI11_READ_TIMEOUT 2000 /* in ms */ #define VXI11_CLIENT CLIENT #define VXI11_LINK Create_LinkResp #define VXI11_MAX_CLIENTS 256 /* maximum no of unique IP addresses/clients */ #define VXI11_NULL_READ_RESP 50 /* vxi11_receive() return value if a query * times out ON THE INSTRUMENT (and so we have * to resend the query again) */ #define VXI11_NULL_WRITE_RESP 51 /* vxi11_send() return value if a sent command * times out ON THE INSTURMENT. */ struct CLINK { VXI11_CLIENT *client; VXI11_LINK *link; }; typedef struct CLINK CLINK; /* The four main functions: open, close, send, receieve (plus a couple of wrappers) */ /* In fact all 6 of these are wrappers to the original functions listed at the * bottom, that use separate CLIENT and VXI11_LINK structures. It was easier to * write wrappers for these functions than to re-write the original functions * themselves. These are the 4 (or 6 if you like) key user functions that you * should probably be using. They all use the CLINK structure. */ int vxi11_open_device(const char *ip, CLINK *clink); int vxi11_open_device(const char *ip, CLINK *clink, char *device); int vxi11_close_device(const char *ip, CLINK *clink); int vxi11_send(CLINK *clink, const char *cmd); int vxi11_send(CLINK *clink, const char *cmd, unsigned long len); long vxi11_receive(CLINK *clink, char *buffer, unsigned long len); long vxi11_receive(CLINK *clink, char *buffer, unsigned long len, unsigned long timeout); /* Utility functions, that use send() and receive(). Use these too. */ int vxi11_send_data_block(CLINK *clink, const char *cmd, char *buffer, unsigned long len); long vxi11_receive_data_block(CLINK *clink, char *buffer, unsigned long len, unsigned long timeout); long vxi11_send_and_receive(CLINK *clink, const char *cmd, char *buf, unsigned long buf_len, unsigned long timeout); long vxi11_obtain_long_value(CLINK *clink, const char *cmd, unsigned long timeout); double vxi11_obtain_double_value(CLINK *clink, const char *cmd, unsigned long timeout); long vxi11_obtain_long_value(CLINK *clink, const char *cmd); double vxi11_obtain_double_value(CLINK *link, const char *cmd); /* When I first wrote this library I used separate client and links. I've * retained the original functions and just written clink wrappers for them * (see above) as it's perhaps a little clearer this way. Probably not worth * delving this deep in use, but it's where the real nitty gritty is. */ int vxi11_open_device(const char *ip, CLIENT **client, VXI11_LINK **link, char *device); int vxi11_open_link(const char *ip, CLIENT **client, VXI11_LINK **link, char *device); int vxi11_close_device(const char *ip, CLIENT *client, VXI11_LINK *link); int vxi11_close_link(const char *ip, CLIENT *client, VXI11_LINK *link); int vxi11_send(CLIENT *client, VXI11_LINK *link, const char *cmd); int vxi11_send(CLIENT *client, VXI11_LINK *link, const char *cmd, unsigned long len); long vxi11_receive(CLIENT *client, VXI11_LINK *link, char *buffer, unsigned long len); long vxi11_receive(CLIENT *client, VXI11_LINK *link, char *buffer, unsigned long len, unsigned long timeout); #endif