Advantech PCM-9588 Susi Installation, VGA Control API, Watchdog API, Hardware Monitor API

4.3.2.4The VGA Control API

There are two kinds of VGA control APIs, backlight on/off control and brightness con- trol. Backlight on/off control allows a developer to turn on or off the backlight, and to control brightness smoothly.

4.3.2.5The Watchdog API

A watchdog timer (abbreviated as WDT) is a hardware device which triggers an action, e.g. rebooting the system, if the system does not reset the timer within a spe- cific period of time. The WDT API in SUSI provides developers with functions such as starting the timer, resetting the timer, and setting the timeout value if the hardware requires customized timeout values.

4.3.2.6The Hardware Monitor API

The hardware monitor (abbreviated as HWM) is a system health supervision capabil- ity achieved by placing certain I/O chips along with sensors for inspecting the target of interests for certain condition indexes, such as fan speed, temperature and voltage etc.

However, due to the inaccuracy among many commercially available hardware mon- itoring chips, Advantech has developed a unique scheme for hardware monitoring - achieved by using a dedicated micro-processor with algorithms specifically designed to provide accurate, real-time and reliable data content; helping protect your system in a more reliable manner

4.3.3SUSI Installation

SUSI supports many different operating systems. Each subsection below describes how to install SUSI and related software on a specific operating system. Please refer to the subsection matching your operating system.

4.3.3.1Windows XP

In windows XP, you can install the library, drivers and demo programs onto the plat- form easily using the installation tool - The SUSI Library Installer. After the installer has executed, the SUSI Library and related files for Windows XP can be found in the target installation directory. The files are listed in the following table.

Directory	Contents
\Library	!	Susi.lib
		Library for developing the applications on Windows XP.
	!	Susi.dll
		Dynamic library for SUSI on Windows XP.
\Demo	!	SusiDemo.EXE
		Demo program on Windows XP.
	!	Susi.dll
		Dynamic library for SUSI on Windows XP.
\Demo\SRC	Source code of the demo program on Windows XP.

The following section illustrates the installation process.

Note! The the SUSI Library Installer shown on each screen will depend on the particular version installed.

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