Owning Palette: IrDA Functions
Requires: Base Development System (Windows)
Opens an infrared connection to another IrDA-enabled device.
Close the connection with the IrDA Close Connection function.
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service name specifies the IrDA service you want to connect to. |
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remote device id is the device ID of the remote IrDA device on the IrDA network. Use the IrDA Discover function to locate the device ID. |
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timeout ms specifies the time, in milliseconds, that the function waits to complete and return an error. The default value is 60,000 ms or 1 minute. A value of –1 indicates to wait indefinitely. |
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error in describes error conditions that occur before this node runs. This input provides standard error in functionality. |
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connection ID is an IrDA connection refnum that uniquely identifies the IrDA connection. Use this value to refer to this connection in subsequent IrDA function calls. |
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error out contains error information. This output provides standard error out functionality. |
Refer to the Simple IrDA.lvproj in the labview\examples\Data Communication\Protocols\IrDA\Simple IrDA directory for an example of using the IrDA Open Connection function.