1 Publication 1756-RM004B-EN-P - October 2000
Chapter
5
Serial Port API
The Serial Port API is one of the three components of the 1756-MVI
API Suite. The Serial Port API allows applications to communicate
with foreign devices over the serial ports. The Serial Port API provides
a common applications interface for all of the modules in the MVI
family. This common interface allows application portability between
modules in the family.
What This Chapter Contains
The following table identifies what this chapter contains and where to
find specific information.
Serial API Files
Table 5.A lists the supplied API file names. These files should be
copied to a convenient directory on the computer on which the
application is to be developed. These files need not be present on the
module when executing the application.
For information about See page
Serial API Files 5-1
Serial Data Transfer 5-2
Serial Port API Functions 5-2
Initialization 5-4
Configuration 5-9
Port Status 5-12
Communications 5-20
Miscellaneous Functions 5-35
Table 5.A Supplied API Files
File Name Description
Mvispapi.h Include file
Mvispapi.lib Library (16-bit OMF format)
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