/* UL call demonstrated: ulAOut() Purpose: Writes an A/D output channel Demonstration: Writes the analog output data to a user-specified channel Steps: 1. Call ulGetDaqDeviceInventory() to get the list of available DAQ devices 2. Call ulCreateDaqDevice() to to get a handle for the first DAQ device 3. Verify the DAQ device has an analog output subsystem 4. Call ulConnectDaqDevice() to establish a UL connection to the DAQ device 5. Enter a value to output for the A/D channel 6. Call ulAOut() to write a value to an A/D output channel 7. Call ulDisconnectDaqDevice() and ulReleaseDaqDevice() before exiting the process. */ #include #include #include "uldaq.h" #include "utility.h" #define MAX_DEV_COUNT 100 #define MAX_STR_LENGTH 64 int main(void) { int descriptorIndex = 0; DaqDeviceDescriptor devDescriptors[MAX_DEV_COUNT]; DaqDeviceInterface interfaceType = ANY_IFC; DaqDeviceHandle daqDeviceHandle = 0; unsigned int numDevs = MAX_DEV_COUNT; int channel = 0; Range range; AOutFlag flags = AOUT_FF_DEFAULT; int hasAO = 0; double min = 0.0; double max = 0.0; char rangeStr[MAX_STR_LENGTH]; char * p; char dataStr[MAX_STR_LENGTH]; double data = 0.0; UlError err = ERR_NO_ERROR; int i = 0; int __attribute__ ((unused))ret; char c; // Get descriptors for all of the available DAQ devices err = ulGetDaqDeviceInventory(interfaceType, devDescriptors, &numDevs); if (err != ERR_NO_ERROR) goto end; // verify at least one DAQ device is detected if (numDevs == 0) { printf("No DAQ device is detected\n"); goto end; } printf("Found %d DAQ device(s)\n", numDevs); for (i = 0; i < (int) numDevs; i++) printf(" %s: (%s)\n", devDescriptors[i].productName, devDescriptors[i].uniqueId); daqDeviceHandle = ulCreateDaqDevice(devDescriptors[descriptorIndex]); if (daqDeviceHandle == 0) { printf ("\nUnable to create a handle to the specified DAQ device\n"); goto end; } // verify the specified DAQ device supports analog output err = getDevInfoHasAo(daqDeviceHandle, &hasAO); if (!hasAO) { printf("\nThe DAQ device does not support analog output\n"); goto end; } printf("\nConnecting to device %s - please wait ...\n", devDescriptors[descriptorIndex].devString); // establish a connection to the device err = ulConnectDaqDevice(daqDeviceHandle); if (err != ERR_NO_ERROR) goto end; getAoInfoFirstSupportedRange(daqDeviceHandle, &range, rangeStr); ConvertRangeToMinMax(range, &min, &max); printf("\n%s ready\n", devDescriptors[descriptorIndex].devString); printf(" Function demonstrated: ulAOut()\n"); printf(" Channel: 0\n"); printf(" Range: %s\n\n", rangeStr); printf("\nHit ENTER to continue\n"); ret = scanf("%c", &c); // clear the display ret = system("clear"); while(err == ERR_NO_ERROR && !enter_press()) { // reset the cursor to the top of the display and // show the termination message cursorUp(); clearEOL(); resetCursor(); printf ("Enter a value between %f and %f volts (or non-numeric character to exit): ", min, max); ret = scanf ("%s", dataStr); strtod(dataStr, &p); if (*p != '\0') break; data = atof(dataStr); err = ulAOut(daqDeviceHandle, channel, range, flags, data); usleep(100000); } end: // disconnect from the DAQ device ulDisconnectDaqDevice(daqDeviceHandle); // release the handle to the DAQ device ulReleaseDaqDevice(daqDeviceHandle); if(err != ERR_NO_ERROR) { char errMsg[ERR_MSG_LEN]; ulGetErrMsg(err, errMsg); printf("Error Code: %d \n", err); printf("Error Message: %s \n", errMsg); } return 0; }