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Programming with the PicoScope 4000 Series50

4.10.31

ps4000OpenUnitAsyncEx

PICO_STATUS ps4000OpenUnitAsyncEx

(

short * status,

char * serial

)

This function opens a scope device selected by serial number without blocking the

calling thread. You can find out when it has finished by periodically calling

ps4000OpenUnitProgress until that function returns a non-zero value.

Applicability

All modes

Arguments

status, pointer to a short that indicates:

0 if there is already an open operation in progress

1 if the open operation is initiated

serial, the serial number of the device to be opened. A null-

terminated string.

Returns

PICO_OK

PICO_OPEN_OPERATION_IN_PROGRESS

PICO_OPERATION_FAILED