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This appendix contains reference pages for the RocketPort API . Table A-4 lists
all of the API functions.
Table A-4. API Function Reference
Function Description
aaChangeModemState Changes the state of modem
output lines.
aaClose Closes a device.
aaEnPeriodicEvent Enables or disables dispatching of
the periodic event function.
aaExit Performs cleanup when exiting
from an application program.
aaFlush Flushes the transmit or receive
buffer, or both for a device.
aaGetCtlStatus Gets controller status.
aaGetModemStatus Gets a device’s modem status.
aaGetRxCount Gets the count of data bytes
available in the receive buffer.
aaGetRxStatus Gets the status of the device’s
receive buffer.
aaGetTxCount Gets the count of data bytes in the
transmit buffer waiting to be
transmitted.
aaInit Executes controller and API
initialization.
aaInstallCtrlCHandler Installs a handler for the CTRL+C
key interrupt.
aaInstallMdmChgEvent Installs an application level event
function to handle modem change
events.
aaInstallPeriodicEvent Installs a periodic application
level event function.
aaInstallRxEvent Installs an application level event
function to handle receive data
available events.
aaOpen Open a device for reading or
writing, or both.
aaRead Reads serial data from a device.
aaReadWithStatus Reads serial data and status from
a device.
aaReconfigure Reconfigures a device’s
communications parameters.
aaSendBreak Sends a break signal.
aaSetCloseDelay Sets the maximum time aaClose()
waits for a device’s transmit buffer
to drain before flushing the
transmit buffer and completing
the close.
aaWrite Writes serial data out to a device.
EvModemChange* Modem control input change event
function.
EvPeriodic* Periodic event function.
EvRxData* Receive data available event
function.
* These are not part of the API , but are part of the
application.
Table A-4. API Function Reference
Function Description
Appendix A. API Functions