Echelon Neuron C - Manual (Page 264)

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msg_send( ) function, 120, 125, 130, 144, 197
msg_succeeds event, 21, 131, 141, 148
comparison with resp_arrives event, 141
msg_tag keyword, 122, 130
msg_tag_index variable, 131
mtimer, 37
accuracy of, 37
and clock speed, 37
keyword, 25
multibyte characters, 240
multicast connections
and buffer use, 193
multi-character displays, 35
multi-processor architecture, 149
N
net_buf_in_count pragma, 195, 196
net_buf_in_size pragma, 195, 196
net_buf_out_count pragma, 194, 196, 198
net_buf_out_priority_count pragma, 194, 196,
198
net_buf_out_size pragma, 194, 196, 197
network buffers, 190, See buffers
network congestion, effects of, 168
network tool, 151
initialization of configuration properties, 87
network variables, 44
advantages of, 8
alias, 189
arrays of, 47, 48
changeable type, 99
changeable-type, 68
communication model, 11
configuration properties, 84
configuration table, 188
connecting, 45, 49
declaring, 46, 47
as polled, 58
definition, 3
events, 51
example of declarations, 48
explicitly addressed, 120
how they work, 119
initial value updates, 62
initialization of, 7
limitations on name length, 13
maximum number of, 47
memory use, 175
outgoing updates, 149
pointers to, 13
polling of, 56, 65, 136, 148
examples, 57, 59
priority
examples, 49
processing completion events, 55
propagation of, 9, 53
sharing a common address table entry, 189
size, 48
structures, 13
synchronous, 53, 54, 134, 135, 149
effects on performance, 54
updating, 54
synchronous vs. nonsynchronous, 54
syntax of, 47
updates, 47, 53, 153
scheduling of, 47
using explicit addressing to send an update,
131
network, storage class, 6
Neuron C
and ANSI C, differences, 13
character set, 240
compared to ANSI C, 13
declarations, 7
definition of, 2
portability issues, 238
storage classes.
See storage classes
thread of execution, 14
Neuron C compiler
command line switches, 215
Neuron C tools, 211
Neuron Chip
definition of memory page, 205
flushing messages, 166
initialization, 169
sleep mode, 166
wake up, 165
Neuron-hosted compilation, 12
neurowire I/O object, 37, 150
examples, 35
node_reset( ) function, 169
NodeBuilder project manager, 222, 229
nonauth keyword, 67
nonauthenticated keyword, 67
nonbind keyword, 122, 130
non-bindable message tags, 130
nonconfig keyword used with authentication,
67
non-idempotent transaction, 141
NULL, definition of, 245
num_addr_table_entries pragma, 189, 200
num_alias_table_entries pragma, 189
num_domain_entries pragma, 190
nv_in_addr variable, 65, 198
nv_len property, 74
nv_properties keyword, 93
nv_update_completes event, 20, 51, 53, 148
examples, 53
nv_update_fails event, 20, 51, 52, 148
examples, 52
nv_update_occurs event, 20, 51, 57
examples, 51
nv_update_succeeds event, 20, 50, 51, 52, 148
examples, 52
NVT
definition, 3