AMETEK Ls Series Driver Manual - Manual (Page 221)

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swap instruments without having to change the channel names in your
source code. You assign a virtual channel name to an
instrument-specific channel through the Configuration Utility. This
control accepts virtual channel names you have assigned to the
specific instrument you are using. It also accepts the
instrument-specific channel names.
Default Value: ""
Notes:
(1) You can specify the channel name as a string variable or as a
literal enclosed in double quotes.
outputState
Variable Type ViInt32
Pass the output state for which you want to query.
Defined Values:
CILXS_VAL_OUTPUT_UNREGULATED - Unregulated State
CILXS_VAL_OUTPUT_OVER_VOLTAGE - Over-voltage State
CILXS_VAL_OUTPUT_OVER_CURRENT - Over-current State
CILXS_VAL_OUTPUT_OVER_TEMPERATURE - Over-temperature State
Default Value: CILXS_VAL_OUTPUT_UNREGULATED
inState
Variable Type ViBoolean (passed by reference)
This parameter returns VI_TRUE if the AC Source is currently in the
state you specify with the OutputState parameter, and VI_FALSE if it
is not.
Return Value
Returns the status code of this operation. The status code either
indicates success or describes an error or warning condition. You
examine the status code from each call to an instrument driver
function to determine if an error occurred.
To obtain a text description of the status code, call the
ciLxs_error_message function. To obtain additional information about
the error condition, call the ciLxs_GetError function. To clear the
error information from the driver, call the ciLxs_ClearError
function.
The general meaning of the status code is as follows: