ProSoft Technology MVI56E-LDM User Manual
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ControlLogix Platform ♦ "C" Programmable
CIP API Functions
Linux Application Development Module
Developer's Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
Page 167 of 264
March 12, 2014
OCXcip_GetIdObject
Syntax
int OCXcip_GetIdObject (OCXHANDLE apihandle,
OCXCIPIDOBJ *idoObject);
Parameters
apihandle
handle returned by previous call to OCXcip_Open
idobject
Pointer to structure of type OCXCIPIDOBJ
Description
OCXcip_GetIdObject
retrieves the identity object for the module.
apihandle
must be a valid handle returned from
OCXcip_Open
.
idobject
is a pointer to a structure of type
OCXCIPIDOBJ
. The members of this
structure will be updated with the module identity data.
The following example defines the
OCXCIPIDOBJ
structure:
typedef struct tagOCXCIPIDOBJ
{
WORD VendorID; //Vendor ID Number
WORD DeviceType; //General product type
WORD ProductCode: //Vendor-specific product identifier
BYTE MajorRevision; //Major revision level
BYTE MinorRevision; //Minor revision level
DWORD SerialNo; //Module serial number
BYTE Name [32]; //Text module name (null-terminated)
} OCXCIPIDOBJ;
Return Value
OCX_SUCCESS
ID object was retrieved successfully
OCX_ERR_NOACCESS
apihandle does not have access
Example
OCXCIPHANDLE apihandle;
OCXCIPIDOBJ idobject;
// Read ID data from ControlLogix in slot 0
OCXcip_GetIdObject(apihandle,&idobject);
printf ("ModuleName: %s Serial Number: %lu\n",
idobject.Name, idobject.SerialNo);