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Getrangelist, Initialization functions, Loaddriver – Dataman 770 Series User Manual

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Development kit for DATAMAN 770 series

Programmer’s Guide


Remark:
Each array item is of TTimeBaseItem type. This structure comprises of the following
items:
nsPerDiv – amount of nanoseconds per screen division (50 samples); this value is
passed to the SetTimeBase function
RealSamplingRate – real sampling rate (in case, that the timebase doesn’t run in
sampling mode, this value equals to SamplingRate)
SamplingRate – equivalent sampling rate; this frequency determines distance between
two samples
SamplingMulti – indicates ratio of SamplingRate and RealSamplingRate; the value of
1 indicates sampling in real time, value greater than 1 indicates sampling mode

3.1.7. GetRangeList

Returns the list of available ranges.

Public Declare Sub GetRangeList Lib "m770drvdk.dll" (ByRef items As

TRangeItem, ByRef itemcount As Long)

Parameters:
rangelist – the first item of the array which will be filled with the available ranges.
Array must be at least 13 items long.
rangelistlength – the number of array items which was filled (number of available
ranges)

Return value: -

Remark:
Each array item is of TRangeItem type. This structure comprise of following items:
mVPerDiv – amount of mV per one screen division (32 quantization levels); this value
is passed to the SetRange function

3.2. Initialization functions

3.2.1. LoadDriver

Loads m770drv.dll driver.

Public Declare Function LoadDriver Lib "m770drvdk.dll" () As Long


Parameters: -

Return value:

ERROR_OK – driver loaded successfully

ERROR_DRIVER_NOT_LOADED – unable to load m770drv.dll library

ERROR_DRIVER_INCOMPATIBLE – m770drv.dll isn’t compatible with DK


Remark:
The return value is stored in the internal DK variable as well. Use GetDKError
function to access this internal variable.

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