ElmoMC Multi-Axis Motion Controller-Maestro - Manual (Page 112)

6.5 MAC_CloseConnection
This function enables the user to close communication
Syntax:
int MAC_CloseConnection
( COMMUNICATION_HANDLE hCommunication )
Input Parameters:
COMMUNICATION_HANDLE hCommunication
Return Value:
int Close connection status:
0 OK;
1
The API library is not initialized;
2 Zero Communication handle;
3 Bad Communication handle;
Use MAC_GetLastError to retrieve the error string.
Sample:
if( !MAC_CloseConnection( hCon ) ) return FALSE;
6.6 MAC_SendCommand
This function enables the user to send commands to, and receive responses from, the
connected Multi-axes supervisor.
Syntax:
Int MAC_SendCommand
( COMMUNICATION_HANDLE hCommunication,
LPCTSTR cszCmd,
LPTSTR
szOut,
WORD wOutSize /*=1024*/,
DWORD dwTimeout/*=1000*/);
Input Parameters:
COMMUNICATION_HANDLE hCommunication
Multi-axes supervisor communication handle.
LPCTSTR cszCmd
Input string, containing command or
expression, to be sent to the MAS. This string
may be a command to the SimplIQ drive
connected to the Maestro or command to the
Maestro itself.
WORD wOutSize
Size of string for response receiving.
DWORD
dwTimeout The maximum wait time for receiving a
response from the drive, in milliseconds.
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