Gx6138GetChannel

Purpose

Returns the state of the specified relay.

Syntax

Gx6138GetChannel (nHandle, nChannel, pnState, pnStatus)

Parameters

Name
Type
Comments
nhandle
SHORT
Handle to a GX6138 board.
nChannel
SHORT
Specifies the relay number. Can be 1 to 38.
pnState
LPSHORT
Returned relay state. Closed = 1 and Open = 0.
pnStatus
LPSHORT
Returned status: 0 on success, negative number on failure.

  

Comments

Use the Gx6138GetGroupChannels to retrieve the status of all channels of the specified group.

Example

The following example return the status of relay 1:

 

Gx6138GetChannel(nHandle, 1, &nStateClose, &nStatus);

if (nState==1)

printf("Relay 1 is Closed");

else

printf("Relay 1 is Open");

 

See Also

Gx6138Initialize, GxSWGetErrorString, Gx6138Close, Gx6138Open, Gx6138GetChannels