CompuScope SDK Manua.. - Egmont Instruments

Driver, System and Board Location Routines
Name of the Routine
gage_driver_initialize
gage_driver_remove
gage_get_config_filename
gage_get_driver_info
gage_get_driver_info_structure
gage_read_config_file
gage_select_board
Description
Fully configures each board found in the system.
Removes all the data structures from the memory that were
created by the drivers or the DLL.
Determines the complete path to the configuration file that
contains the board location data.
Fills a structure or record with the relevant information
from the driver variables as to the current settings for the
current CompuScope board.
Returns the relevant information about the main structure
used by the driver and also retrieves the driver version and
number.
Reads the configuration file and stores the data in an array
of words.
Sets the driver so that the current board is the board
identified by the number passed to the routine.
Parameter Control Routines
Name of the Routine
gage_capture_mode
gage_input_control
gage_delay_trigger_32
gage_set_ext_clock_variables
gage_trigger_control_2
Sets the data capture mode.
Description
Used to set up the input channels of the CompuScope
boards.
Ignores the trigger for a specified amount of time
Sets the needed variables when using an external clock.
Takes advantage of certain CompuScope boards’ ability to
have 2 different trigger inputs (source, slope and level) and
is used to set up the trigger parameters of the CompuScope
boards.
Address Routines
Name of the Routine
gage_calculate_addresses
gage_calculate_mra_addresses
gage_calculate_mr_addresses
Description
Returns the start, trigger and end addresses.
Corrects the trigger address based on the ETB bit
information located in the data acquired from the card at the
raw calculated trigger address.
Returns the start, trigger and end addresses for the specified
channel of the current board to the calling routine.
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