User manual

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©XsensTechnologiesB.V. MTiandMTxUserManualandTechnicalDocumentation
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2.3.3 InterfacethroughDLLAPI
IfyouwanttodevelopaWindowssoftwareapplicationusingaprogramminglanguage(C,C++,etc.)thatuses
theMTiorMTxyoucanconsiderusingtheDLLAPI.Thismethodofinterfacing(thefunctioncalls)issimilarto
theCOMobject,butisbasedonastandardCdynamiclinkedlibraryinterfacemethod.So,thereisnoneedto
registertheDLLontheoperatingsystem,thefunctionsareaccesseddirectlyinyoursourcecodebylinkingthe
DLL. The DLL to be used is the XsensCMT.DLL, so it is the same binary as the COM‐object, but a different
interface. If you program in C, C++ or other programming languages you will find that the DLL interface
provideseasiersupportforstructureddata,andthisisthereforetherecommendedmethod.
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ÆPleaserefertotheMTSoftwareDevelopmentKitDocumentationformoreinformationonthistopic.Fora
detailedfunctionlisting,pleaserefertotheHTML/CHMdoxygendocumentation.
2.3.4 Directlow‐levelcommunicationwithMTiorMTx
Direct interfacing with the MTi or MTx (RS‐232) is the natural choice if you are looking for full‐control,
maximum flexibility and/or have hard real‐time performance requirements. The MTi or MTx’s low power
embeddedDSPperformsallthecalculations/calibration,youjustretrievethedatafromtheserialportusing
theMTbinarycommunicationprotocolusingstreaming(free‐running)modeorpolling(request)mode.Even
thispartismadeeasyforyoubytheinclusionofthesourcecode(C++)oftheCommunicationMTC++classes
(theCMTsourcecode)intheMTSDK.ExampleC++application  codeshouldgetyouquicklystartedonyour
development platform of choice. Example code that has been functionally checked and compiled  on both
WindowsandLinuxisincluded.
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ÆPlease refer to the MT Low‐level communication protocol documentation and the doxygen HTML
documentationformoreinformationonthistopic.
Appliesto:WindowsPCplatform
Appliesto:Any(RT)OSorprocessorplatform(C++)