clSerialWrite

clSerialWrite ( string Output [, integer Timeout ] )

Use this function to write a string of characters to the currently open camera-link serial device.

Parameters

Output

A string containing the data to be sent to the serial device.

Timeout

Integer specifying the timeout in millisecond. 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.

Error flags

ERR_OK

The flag set if successful.

ERR_FAILED

The flag set if failed.

ERR_NOTFOUND

No open serial device found.

ERR_TIMEOUT

The timeout occurred

Remark

To open and configure a serial port, use clSerialOpen.

Example

This set of statements sets the exposure time of a Dalsa Piranha2 camera to 100 microseconds by sending a corresponding command through a camera-link serial port. Refer to Dalsa documentation for a list of available commands:

clSerialOpen (0)

clSerialWrite("set_exposure_time 100.000\n")

clSerialClose()