Keithley 4200A-SCS - Driver Functions

Section
9: Keithley External Control Interface (KXCI) Model 4200A-SCS Parameter Analyzer
Reference Manual
9-88 4200A-901-01 Rev. C / February 2017
Driver functions
The KXCIclient.dll driver has the following functions:
int OpenKXCIConnection_C(char *IPAddrStr, int PortNum, int *err);
• IPAddrStr: IP address in string format nnn.nn.nn.nn (for example, 129.22.35.17).
• PortNum: IP Port assigned in KXCI tab of KCon.
• err: Socket error code returned by WSAGetLastError().
int SendKXCICommand_C(char *cmdstr, char *ReturnString, int *err);
• cmdstr: KXCI command string, for example, "DE;CH1;CH2".
• ReturnString: Data returned by command, if any. If input command results in data to be
returned, it is placed here.
• err: Socket error code returned by WSAGetLastError().
int GetKXCISpollByte_C(unsigned short *spbyte, int *err);
• spbyte: KXCI spoll byte (same as GPIB byte).
• err: Socket error code returned by WSAGetLastError().
void CloseKXCIConnection_C(void);