Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Docs/Prog/Manual/DeviceSupport/SerialPorts

Timestamp:

05/09/19 11:05:09 (6 years ago)

Author:

Don Wilson

Comment:

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Docs/Prog/Manual/DeviceSupport/SerialPorts

@@ -308 +308 @@
 
 
+        bool Start(void)
+        {
+                _errStr = "";
+                bool result = false;
+
+                Stop();
+                if (_port != 0)
+                {
+                        //  If COM3 tell mainboard to automatically send output
+                        if(_port > 2)
+                        {
+                                int minor_ver = 0;
+                                int ver = GetMnBdVer(&minor_ver);
+                                if(ver >= 120 && minor_ver >= 6)
+                                {
+                                        if(SetMnBdRepeatFormat())
+                                        {
+                                                if(_scale == 0)
+                                                {
+                                                        SetMnBdSerialDefaultScale(0x7F);
+                                                }
+
+                                                g_serial_rep.fmt = 1;
+                                                g_serial_rep.intv = _interval;
+                                                if (MnBdRequest(MNBD_DEV + _port - 3, MNBD_REQ_REP_SEND_SERIAL_FMT, WAIT_ACK) != OK)
+                                                {
+                                                        _errStr = "Error starting scoreboard repeat\r\n";
+                                                }
+                                                else
+                                                {
+                                                        _mnbdRepeating = true;
+                                                        result = true;
+                                                }
+                                        }
+                                }
+                                else if (ver == 0)
+                                {
+                                        _errStr = "Call MnBdStartup before SB start";
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                        _errStr = "Update MnBd for SB repeating";
+                                }
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                                _file.Open(pszCommPortDev[_port], "w");
+                                _timer.Start(_interval, true);
+                                result = true;
+                        }
+                }
+                return result;
+        }
 }}}