Operation Manual

96 TAP
Chapter 10
TAP
If you are good at programming with C/C++ language, you
may make an executable program to run on the digital re-
ceiver. We call user-made programs TopfieldApplication Pro-
grams (TAP).
For TAPs writers, Topfield
provides two versions of gcc
compilier and TAP API (Ap-
plication Program Interface)
libraries that are available
from Topfield’s website, http:
//www.i-topfield.com/eng/
download/utility_list.asp.
One is Linux version, and the
other is Cygwin version.
Cygwin is a Unix-like environment and command-line inter-
face for Microsoft Windows.
Your TAPs will be run with the following conditions:
• A TAP’s file extension must be tap; if it has any other ex-
tension name, it will be ignored.
• TAPs must be situated in the Program Files folder; if they