Instruction manual

Revision : Pointer to long with revision

DESCRIPTION: Inquires software revision of the API library.

RETURN VALUE:

pointer to revision string if OK

NULL if ERROR. See el_GetErrorCode for details.

EXAMPLE:

long hwrevlo, hwrevhi, swrevhi, swrevlo, drrevhi, drrevlo;

el_GetHWRevision( BoardId, &hwrevhi, &hwrevlo ); el_GetSWRevision( &swrevhi, &swrevlo );

el_GetDriverRevision( &drrevhi, &drrevlo );-->

5.2.21. el_InitContext

long

el_InitContext ( long BoardId, char *Filename );

PARAMETERS:

BoardId : board ID returned by el_OpenHW

Filename : name of parameter file with path name

DESCRIPTION: Initializes internal software structures with data read from a setup file. This data will be

used to initialize the video hardware by el_InitHW() later.

RETURN VALUE:

0 if OK

-1 if ERROR. See el_GetErrorCode for details.

DESCRIPTION:

If Filename is NULL,the following default data will prepared for initialization:

CCIR camera timing, interlace

If the file specified with Filename is not found or can't be opened a error is returned.

CAVEATS: No setup of hardware is done. This function sets up the software parameter structure only.