Gx6196GetBoardSummary

Purpose

Returns the board summary.

Syntax

Gx6196GetBoardSummary (nHandle, pszSummary, nSumMaxLen, pnStatus)

Parameters

Name
Type
Comments
nHandle
SHORT
Handle to a GX6196 board.
pszSummary
PSTR
Buffer to contain the returned board info (null terminated) string.
nSumMaxLen
SHORT
Size of the buffer to contain the board info string.
pnStatus
PSHORT
Returned status: 0 on success, negative number on failure.

Comments

The GX6196 summary string provides the following data from in the order shown:

        Instrument Name (e.g., GX6196)

        FPGA version (e.g. 0xA002)

        Serial Number (e.g. 61960210)

Example

For example, the returned string looks like the following:

 

char sz[512];

 

Gt6196GetBoardSummary(nHandle, sz, 512, &nStatus);

 

sz will return:

 

“GX6196", "Carrier Switch, FPGA-Version:0xA003, S/N 61961234”

 

See Also

GxSWGetDriverSummary, GxSWGetErrorString