WriteSIO

Description

Writes the string of characters to the serial input/output port (SIO).


Syntax

[VB]
objActiveDcam.WriteSIO Output [, Timeout ]

[C/C++]
HRESULT WriteSIO( bstr strOutput, long Timeout );


Data Types [VB]

Output: String
Timeout: Long (optional)


Parameters [C/C++]

pOutput [in]

The output string

Timeout [in]

The timeout in milliseconds. The function will try to write the data to the serial device for the specified period of time. If the data could not be written within that time, the timeout error flag will be raised. If this parameter is omitted, the timeout will never occur.

   
Return Values

S_OK

Success

E_FAIL

Failure.

E_INVALIDARG

Invalid input argument.

Example

The following VB example configures the SIO and sends a string of characters to an external device.

ActiveDcam.Settings "9600,N,8,1"
ActiveDcam.WriteSIO "ActiveDcam is the most flexible 1394 SDK\r",1000

Remarks

This method is available only for cameras that have the SIO feature compliant with DCAM 1.31 specifications.