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PXIe-3988
Appendix A PXI Trigger I/O Functions
This appendix describes use of the PXI trigger I/O function library
for the PXIe-3988 controller, to program routing of trigger signals
between the trigger I/O SMB connector on the faceplate and the
PXI trigger bus on the backplane. API files are located in the
installation directory of the PXI Trigger I/O driver.
A.1 Data Type
The PXIe-3988 library uses these data types in pxitrigio.h in the
directory X:\ADLINK\MAPS Core\PXI\PXIe Trigger IO\Include. It is
recommended that you use these data types in your application
programs. The table shows the data type names, ranges, and cor-
responding data types in C/C++, Visual Basic, and Delphi for ref-
erence.
Type Description Range
Type
C/C++
(for 32-bit
compiler)
Visual Basic
Pascal
(Delphi)
U8
8-bit ASCII
character
0 to 255
unsigned
char
Byte Byte
I16
16-bit signed
integer
-32768 to
32767
short Integer SmallInt
U16
16-bit unsigned
integer
0 to 65535
unsigned
short
Not supported
by BASIC,
use the
signed integer
(I16) instead
Word
I32
32-bit signed
integer
-2147483648
to
2147483647
long Long LongInt
U32
32-bit unsigned
integer
0 to
4294967295
unsigned
long
Not supported
by BASIC,
use the
signed long
integer (I32)
instead
Cardinal
Table A-1: Data Type