Gx5731GetPortWord

Reads a port word value.

Gx5731GetPortWord (nHandle, nPort, nWord, pwValue, pnStatus)

Name	Type	Description
nHandle	SHORT	Handle to a GX5731 board.
nPort	SHORT	Digital I/O port numbers are as follow: Digital I/O port numbers 3-6. Any port number 0 to 2 that has no I/O module installed.
nWord	SHORT	Port word number: 0-1. Where 0 is for low order word (bytes 0 and 1) and 1 for the high order word (bytes 2 and 3).
pwValue	PWORD	Returned port word value: 0 to 65,535 (0-0xFFFF). Where bit 0 corresponds to channel 0 and bit 15 to channel 15.
pnStatus	PSHORT	Returned status: 0 on success, negative number on failure.

Use the Gx5731SetPortWord to write data to the port word when in Output direction.

The following example reads port 1, word 0 value:

SHORT nStatus;

WORD wValue;

Gx5731GetPortByte (nHandle, 1, 0, &wValue, &nStatus);