DioGetStepCounter

Applies To

GX5150.

Purpose

Returns the current step counter value.

Syntax

DioGetStepCounter (nMasterHandle, pdwStepCounter, pnStatus)

Parameters

Name	Type	Comments
nMasterHandle	SHORT	Master or File board handle.
pdwStepCounter	PDWORD	Step counter value can be 0 to 4,294,967,295 (0 to 0xFFFFFFFF).
pnStatus	PSHORT	Returned status: 0 on success, negative number on failure.

Comments

The step counter increments each time a step is executed. The counter wraps back to zero when reaching the max value (0xFFFFFFFF).

Example

The following example reurns the counter value:

SHORT nStatus;

DWORD dwCount;

DioGetStepCounter (nHandle, &dwCount, &nStatus);