Internal and obsolete interfaces.

Typedefs
typedef struct signal_conv1	signal_conv_t1

Functions
DLL_EXPORT int	daq_recv_channel_groups (daq_t *daq, daq_channel_group_t *group, int num_groups, int *num_channel_groups_received)
	Receive a list of channel groups. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	daq_set_server (daq_t *daq, const char *host, int port)
	Set the server address. More...
DLL_EXPORT long	read_server_response (nds_socket_type fd)
	Get a response code (internal function). More...
DLL_EXPORT long	read_server_response_wait (nds_socket_type fd, int wt)
	Get a response integer (internal function). More...
DLL_EXPORT size_t	swap_data (size_t gran, size_t nBytes, char *data)
	Swap data bytes. More...
DLL_EXPORT enum chantype	cvt_group_chantype (int group_num)
	Convert group code to channel type. More...
DLL_EXPORT long	dca_strtol (const char *str)
DLL_EXPORT int	_daq_wait_data (nds_socket_type fd, int wt)
	Wait for data to arrive. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	read_bytes (nds_socket_type fd, char *cptr, size_t numb)
	Read a `numb' bytes. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	read_float (nds_socket_type fd, float *data)
	Read a float data word. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	read_uint4 (nds_socket_type fd, uint4_type *data)
	Read a 4-byte integer data word. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	_daq_read_cstring (nds_socket_type fd, size_t maxlen, char *buf)
	read an nds string. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	_daq_read_string (nds_socket_type fd, size_t maxlen, char *buf)
	read an nds2 string. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	null_term (char *p, int len)
	Add a NULL after the last non-blank in a string. More...
DLL_EXPORT size_t	_daq_get_string (const char **p, const char *end, char *out, size_t lmax)
	Copy a blank or null terminated string to an output buffer. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	_daq_cvt_string (unsigned long in, char *out)
	Convert an integer to a string. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	_daq_cvt_ll_string (unsigned long long in, char *out)
	Convert an integer to a string. More...
DLL_EXPORT int	_daq_cycle_conn (daq_t *daq)

Detailed Description

The internal and obsolete interface group contains the aspects of the classic NDS interfadce that have been superceded and the items that are not used directly by the client API.

Typedef Documentation

typedef struct signal_conv1 signal_conv_t1

Signal conversion structure. It's not clear how this is used in the NDS1 protocol.

Function Documentation

DLL_EXPORT int _daq_cvt_ll_string	(	unsigned long long	in,
		char *	out
	)

Convert an integer to a string.

Convert the specified integerlong long to a string

Parameters

in	Integer to be converted.
out	Output string.

Returns

number of digits in the string.

DLL_EXPORT int _daq_cvt_string	(	unsigned long	in,
		char *	out
	)

Convert an integer to a string.

Convert the specified integer to a string

Parameters

in	Integer to be converted.
out	Output string.

Returns

number of digits in the string.

DLL_EXPORT int _daq_cycle_conn

(

daq_t *

daq

)

Internal function to force a reconnection for nds1 connections.

Parameters

daq	The connection to close and reconnect

Returns

DAQD_OK or an error

Note

This does nothing if daq is null, or is not a nds1 connection.

DLL_EXPORT size_t _daq_get_string	(	const char **	p,
		const char *	end,
		char *	out,
		size_t	lmax
	)

Copy a blank or null terminated string to an output buffer.

Copy a data string to the specified memory location. Any leading blanks are skipped. The non-blank characters are then copied until a blank is found, the end of the input string is reached or the maximum byte count is reached. A NULL is appended on the output string if space is available. The number of bytes copied is returned and the input pointer is updated.

Parameters

p	Input string pointer address.
end	End of input string.
out	Output string.
lmax	Output buffer length.

Returns

Number of bytes in output string.

read data from string pointed to by *p. skip past any leading spaces. copy all data to out until a space or a null is found or out is full. return the number of characters copied and increment *p as appropriate.

DLL_EXPORT int _daq_read_cstring	(	nds_socket_type	fd,
		size_t	maxlen,
		char *	buf
	)

read an nds string.

Read an NDS null terminated string from the specified socket. The string is copied to the specified buffer and a null character is added at the end of the string if there is room in the buffer.

Parameters

fd	Socket file descriptor
maxlen	Length of output buffer.
buf	String buffer.

Returns

String length or -1.

DLL_EXPORT int _daq_read_string	(	nds_socket_type	fd,
		size_t	maxlen,
		char *	buf
	)

read an nds2 string.

Read an NDS2 byte-counted string from the specified socket. The string is transferred as an integer byte-count followed by text. The string is copied to the specified buffer and a null character is added at the end of the string if there is room in the buffer.

Parameters

fd	Socket file descriptor
maxlen	Length of output buffer.
buf	String buffer.

Returns

String length or -1.

DLL_EXPORT int _daq_wait_data	(	nds_socket_type	fd,
		int	wt
	)

Wait for data to arrive.

Wait for data to arrive on the specified socket up to the maximum specified time.

Parameters

fd	File descriptor of the socket to be tested.
wt	Maximumwait time in seconds.

Returns

values: 1 Data available 0 Timeout. -1 Error

DLL_EXPORT enum chantype cvt_group_chantype

(

int

group_num

)

Convert group code to channel type.

Convert an nds group number to an nds2 channel type code.

Parameters

group_num

Group code to be converted.

Returns

Channel type corresponding to the argument group code.

DLL_EXPORT int daq_recv_channel_groups	(	daq_t *	daq,
		daq_channel_group_t *	group,
		int	num_groups,
		int *	num_channel_groups_received
	)

Receive a list of channel groups.

Get a list of defined channel groups. daq_recv_channel_groups requests a list of channel groups from the server and the fills in the list with the channel group data.

Deprecated:

Channel groups are replaced by pre-defined channel types.

Parameters

daq	Pointer to client status structure.
group	Pointer to an allocated list of group information.
num_groups	Maximum number of groups to read (size of list).
num_channel_groups_received	Number of groups defined.

Returns

DAQD status code.

DLL_EXPORT int daq_set_server	(	daq_t *	daq,
		const char *	host,
		int	port
	)

Set the server address.

Look up the server address specified by the host string and port number. The resulting ip address is stored in daq->srvr_addr.

Parameters

daq	Pointer to the client status structure
host	Server node name string pointer.
port	Server port number

Returns

DAQD status code.

DLL_EXPORT long dca_strtol

(

const char *

str

)

Convert a null terminated hex string to a long integer.

Parameters

str	Pointer to hexidecimal string.

Returns

Value of hex string or -1 if syntax error.

DLL_EXPORT int null_term	(	char *	p,
		int	len
	)

Add a NULL after the last non-blank in a string.

Replace the character after the last non-whitespace character in a string with a NULL. If the entire string is white-space the first character is set to NULL. Whitespace is defined by the isspace() function.

Parameters

p	Pointer to the initial string.
len	Length of the initial string.

Returns

New string length (position of the NULL).

DLL_EXPORT int read_bytes	(	nds_socket_type	fd,
		char *	cptr,
		size_t	numb
	)

Read a `numb' bytes.

Read a specified number of bytes from a specified socket.

Parameters

fd	File descriptor to be read from.
cptr	buffer for read data.
numb	Number of bytes to be read.

Returns

Number of bytes read or 0 on EOF or -1 on error.

DLL_EXPORT int read_float	(	nds_socket_type	fd,
		float *	data
	)

Read a float data word.

Read a float from the indicated socket and swap bytes from network byte ordering (big-endian) to host byte ordering.

Parameters

fd	Socket file descriptor.
data	pointer to the output float word.

Returns

DAQD error code.

DLL_EXPORT long read_server_response

(

nds_socket_type

fd

)

Get a response code (internal function).

Get a 4 hex digit integer data word response from the server.

Parameters

fd	Opened socked file descriptor.

Returns

Server response code or -1 if an error occurred.

DLL_EXPORT long read_server_response_wait	(	nds_socket_type	fd,
		int	wt
	)

Get a response integer (internal function).

Get a 4 hex digit integer data word response from the server.

Parameters

fd	Opened socket file descriptor.
wt	Maximum wait time in tenths of a second. Defaults to 10s if 0 is passed.

Returns

Server response code, or -1 if an error occurred.

DLL_EXPORT int read_uint4	(	nds_socket_type	fd,
		uint4_type *	data
	)

Read a 4-byte integer data word.

Read an unsigned integer from the indicated socket and swap bytes from network byte ordering (big-endian) to host byte ordering.

Parameters

fd	Socket file descriptor.
data	pointer to the output float word.

Returns

DAQD error code.

DLL_EXPORT size_t swap_data	(	size_t	gran,
		size_t	nBytes,
		char *	data
	)

Swap data bytes.

Swap bytes of data words according to the specified word size from network (big-endian) byte ordering to the local host byte ordering. If gran<2 no swapping is performed and the number of words returned is nBytes. If the local host uses network byte-ordering no swapping is performed and the number of words returned is nBytes/gran.

Parameters

gran	Granularity (word size in bytes).
nBytes	Number of data bytes to be swapped.
data	Pointer to the first data byte.

Returns

Number of words swapped.