AMX NETLINX PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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NetLinx Programming Language Reference Guide
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Introduction ........................................................................................................1
Conventions Used in this Document ......................................................................... 1
Related Instruction Manuals...................................................................................... 1
NetLinx Programming Overview ........................................................................3
Defining the Superset............................................................................................... 3
NetLinx vs. Axcess - Comparison by Structure.......................................................... 4
DEFINE_DEVICE.............................................................................................................. 4
DEFINE_CONSTANT ...................................................................................................... 4
DEFINE_VARIABLES........................................................................................................ 5
DEFINE_CALL (Subroutines) ........................................................................................... 6
DEFINE_START ............................................................................................................... 7
DEFINE_EVENT .............................................................................................................. 7
DEFINE_PROGRAM ........................................................................................................ 8
Operators ................................................................................................................. 8
Axcess/NetLinx Incompatibility................................................................................. 9
Data Types.............................................................................................................. 10
Constants................................................................................................................ 10
Variables ................................................................................................................. 11
Persistent Variables ................................................................................................ 12
Arrays ..................................................................................................................... 12
Structures ............................................................................................................... 14
Data sets ....................................................................................................................... 15
Conditionals & Loops.............................................................................................. 17
SWITCH...CASE statements........................................................................................... 17
FOR loops ..................................................................................................................... 18
Functions ................................................................................................................ 19
DEFINE_CALL................................................................................................................ 19
DEFINE_FUNCTION ...................................................................................................... 20
Events ..................................................................................................................... 21
Button Events................................................................................................................ 21
Channel Events.............................................................................................................. 22
Data Events ................................................................................................................... 24
Level Events .................................................................................................................. 27
Combining Devices, Channels and Levels ............................................................... 28
Virtual devices, levels and device/channel sets ............................................................. 28
Combining and uncombining devices............................................................................ 28
Combining and uncombining levels............................................................................... 28