Measurement Computing TempBook rev.3.0 - Manual (Page 62)

9-2 tbkCommand Reference (Standard API) TempBook User’s Manual
Software Calibration and Zero Compensation Functions
tbkTCAutoZero Configure the thermocouple linearization functions to automatically perform
zero compensation 9-27
tbkCalConvert Perform the actual calibration of one or more scans 9-3
tbkCalSetup Configure the order and type of data to be calibrated 9-3
tbkCalSetupConvert Perform both the setup and convert steps with one call 9-4
tbkReadCalFile Read all the calibration constants from the specified file 9-19
tbkTCConvert Performs zero compensation on one or more scans 9-28
tbkTCSetup Configure data for zero compensation 9-28
tbkTCSetupConvert Perform both the setup and convert steps with one call 9-29
General Functions
tbkClose End communication with the TempBook 9-4
tbkGetProtocol Returns the current parallel port communications protocol 9-7
tbkInit Initialize a single TempBook 9-8
tbkSelectPort Select an initialized TempBook/66 as the current TempBook 9-19
tbkSetErrHandler Sets the handler that will be executed upon an error condition 9-20
tbkSetProtocol Specifies the type of parallel-port implementation and protocol available on
the computer 9-23
tbkDefaultHandler 9-6
Commands in Alphabetical Order
The following pages give the details for each TempBook/66 command listed in alphabetical order. Each
section starts with a table that summarizes the main features of the command. An explanation follows (and
in some cases a programming example or related information).