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Using the MeshScape API
11. ibApi_IO_GetSerialConfig()
ibApi_FUNC ibApi_IO_GetSerialConfig (
ibApi_APIHANDLE api_hdl,
ibApi_DEVICEID device_id,
ibApi_IO_SERIALCONFIG *serial_config
);
This retrieves the configuration for the serial “user data” interface.
Parameters:
api_hdl: (input) API handle returned from ibApi_Open().
device_id: (input) ID of the device to be accessed.
serial_config: (output) Variable to store the result.
Return Value:
An ibApi_RESULT_SUCCESS if successful, or an error code (<0) if not.
12. ibApi_IO_GetSerialBufferStatus()
ibApi_FUNC ibApi_IO_GetSerialBufferStatus (
ibApi_APIHANDLE api_hdl,
ibApi_DEVICEID device_id,
ibApi_IOMODE io_mode
);
For the given device, this function retrieves the status of the out going serial data buffer. The
return value gives the number of empty packet slots in the buffer. A negative return value
denotes an error and a zero return value means there is currently no out going empty packet
slots.
Parameters:
api_hdl: (input) API handle returned from ibApi_Open().
device_id: (input) ID of the device to be accessed.
io_mode: (input) Data direction to be accessed.
Return Value:
The number of empty out going packet slots if successful, or an error code (<0) if not.