LeCroy LSA1000, Operator'S Manual

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LSA1000 Software Tools
About NET_CON
A C program demonstrating the construction of a TCP/IP
socket, NET_CON is an example that can be used as a
reference for program development in either a Windows or
non-Windows environment. The program is written using
the Microsoft Developer Studio version. 5.0. All source code
for the Windows environment can be found on the CD and in
Appendix B this manual. When the program is run, the
LSA1000 will return the ID string “LECROY, LSA1000,
LSA1000000000, 01.0.0”.
For Unix based workstation, the NET_CON sample program
provides the baseline implementation of a stable TCP/IP
communication between the LSA1000 and the computer system.
This API (Applications Programming Interface) sits above the
TCP/IP protocol stack in all UNIX systems and is also available in
Windows 95 and Windows NT. It is for the most part platform-
independent, and should allow the same source code to compile and
run on each of the supported systems.
The more commonly known WinSock API is derived from the
original BSD sockets API and may be used to communicate with
BSD sockets based systems. WinSock is the API used by
Netscape, Internet Explorer, Telnet, FTP, among others, for PC
communication with the Internet.