AMX NETLINX PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE User Manual

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NetLinx Programming Language Reference Guide
Table of Contents
Combining and uncombining channels .......................................................................... 29
String Comparisons................................................................................................. 29
Axcess code - string comparison ................................................................................... 29
Netlinx code - string comparison .................................................................................. 29
Modules .................................................................................................................. 29
Language Elements ..........................................................................................31
Statements and Expressions ................................................................................... 31
Assignments............................................................................................................ 31
Variables........................................................................................................................ 31
Output channels ............................................................................................................ 31
Conditionals............................................................................................................ 32
IF…ELSE ........................................................................................................................ 32
SELECT…ACTIVE........................................................................................................... 32
SWITCH…CASE ............................................................................................................. 33
Loops ...................................................................................................................... 34
WHILE statements ......................................................................................................... 34
MEDIUM_WHILE statements ......................................................................................... 34
LONG_WHILE statements ............................................................................................. 35
FOR loop structure........................................................................................................ 35
Waits....................................................................................................................... 36
Naming Waits ................................................................................................................ 36
Types of Waits............................................................................................................... 36
Nesting Waits ................................................................................................................ 37
Pausing and restarting Waits......................................................................................... 38
Canceling Waits............................................................................................................. 38
Using Waits - Limitations ............................................................................................... 38
Comments............................................................................................................... 39
Operators ............................................................................................................... 39
Arithmetic operators ..................................................................................................... 39
Relational operators ...................................................................................................... 39
Logical operators .......................................................................................................... 40
Bitwise operators .......................................................................................................... 40
Assignment operators ................................................................................................... 40
Operator precedence.................................................................................................... 41
Identifiers................................................................................................................ 41
Devices .......................................................................................................................... 41
Device arrays ................................................................................................................. 42
Device array examples .................................................................................................. 43
Device-channels and device-channel arrays ................................................................... 43
Device-level arrays ........................................................................................................ 44

AMX NETLINX PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE Specifications

General

Brand	AMX
Model	NETLINX PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
Category	Software
Language	English