Spectrum Brands MC.31XX manual Example programs, Standard acquisition mode

Example programs Option Timestamp

Example programs

Standard acquisition mode

//----- Allocate memory for the timestamp data buffer -----

plTimeStamps = (ptr32) malloc (MAX_TIMESTAMPS * 8);

//----- Reset the board and flush the FIFO -----

SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_COMMAND,	SPC_RESET);
// ----- Setup and		start timestamp module -----		//	Standard mode set
SpcSetParam	(hDrv,	SPC_TIMESTAMP_CMD,	TS_MODE_STANDARD);			Zero
SpcSetParam	(hDrv,	SPC_TIMESTAMP_CMD,	TS_RESET);	//	Counter is set to

//----- Start the board 4 times to generate 4 timestamps -----

for (i=0; i<4; i++)

{

SpcSetParam (hDrv, SPC_COMMAND,	SPC_START);	// Start recording
do
{		// Wait for Status Ready
SpcGetParam (hDrv, SPC_STATUS, &lStatus);
}
while (lStatus != SPC_READY);
}

// ----- Read out and display the timestamps -----

SpcGetData (hDrv, CH_TIMESTAMP, (int32) &lCount, MAX_TIMESTAMPS, (dataptr) plTimeStamps); for (i=0; i<lCount; i++)

printf ("Timestamp: %d\tHIGH: %08lx\tLOW: %08lx\n", i, plTimeStamps[2*i+1], plTimeStamps[2*i]);

//----- Free the allocated memory for the timestamp data buffer -----

free (plTimeStamps);

}

Acquisition with Multiple Recording

// ----- Reset the		board and flush the FIFO -----
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_COMMAND,	SPC_RESET);
// ----- Simple setup for recording			-----	// 1 channel for recording
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_CHENABLE,	1);
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_SAMPLERATE,	1000000);	// Samplerate 1 MHz.
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_TRIGGERMODE,	TM_TTLPOS);	// External positive Edge
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_MULTI,	1);	// Enable Multiple Recording
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_MEMSIZE,	8192);	// 8k Memsize
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_POSTTRIGGER,	1024);	// Each segment 1k = 8 segments
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_MULTI,	1);	// Enable Multiple Recording
// ----- Setup and		start timestamp module -----		// Standard Timestamp mode set
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_TIMESTAMP_CMD, TS_MODE_STANDARD);
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_TIMESTAMP_CMD, TS_RESET);		// Counter is set to Zero
// ----- Start the		board -----	SPC_START);	// Start recording
SpcSetParam (hDrv,		SPC_COMMAND,
do	{
				// Wait for Status Ready
	SpcGetParam (hDrv, SPC_STATUS, &lStatus);
	}
while (lStatus != SPC_READY);
//	----- Read out the timestamps -----

SpcGetData (hDrv, CH_TIMESTAMP, (int32) &lCount, 8, (dataptr) plTimeStamps);

//----- display the timestamps (There should be 8 stamps, 1 for each segment) -----

for (i=0; i<lCount; i++)

printf (“Segment: %d Counter: %08lx %08lx\n”, i, plTimeStamps[2*i+1], plTimeStamps[2*i]);

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