Socket Interface Specification. MYTHEN Detector System. Version: 3.0.0, Document Version: 2
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7.
Commands
7.1. Command list
Synopsis:
Specifies the format of the command. Values in angle brackets have to be replaced by the user:
b
stands for a boolean (
i.e
. a 0 or 1),
n
for an integer,
f
for a
float,
time
for a 64-bit integer (
long long
or int64_t, used for the timing commands).
Arguments:
Gives the meaning of the arguments. Default values after initialisation are set in
italic
type.
Description:
Describes the effect of the command.
Return Type:
Specifies the data type of the returned byte array. If no return type is indicated, the command returns an integer: a zero indicating successful execution of
the command or a negative number in case of an error (see section Error Codes). If the return value is of type float, the error code is returned as a float number, and as
an integer otherwise.
Return Size:
Specifies the number of data elements in the returned byte array. For example a response of return type
int
and return size 1280 is 5120 bytes long (since
one integer uses 4 bytes). N
MOD
stands for the number of active modules (set by "-nmodules").
