Function Description

Every Advantech DLL function is of the following form:

status = DRV_Xxx(parameter 1, parameter 2, ..., parameter n);

(at least one parameter is contained)

Each function returns a status (Success or Failure) as following:

Status is a 4-byte integer and is defined in adverror.h file.

For more information about the error code, please refer to ErrorCode list.

Functions supported by PCI-1718HDU/HGU:

Device functions

DRV_DeviceOpen

DRV_DeviceClose

DRV_DeviceGetProperty

DRV_DeviceSetProperty

Analog Input

DRV_AIConfig

DRV_AIBinaryIn

DRV_AIScale

DRV_AIVoltageIn

DRV_MAIConfig

DRV_MAIBinaryIn

DRV_MAIVoltageIn

Analog Output

DRV_AOConfig

DRV_AOScale

DRV_AOBinaryOut

DRV_AOVoltageOut

Port I/O functions

DRV_ReadPortByte

DRV_WritePortByte

DRV_ReadPortWord

DRV_WritePortWord

DRV_ReadPortDword

DRV_WritePortDword

Digital Input/Output

DRV_DioReadDIPorts

DRV_DioWriteDOPorts

DRV_DioReadDOPorts

Counter Functions

DRV_CounterEventStart

DRV_CounterEventRead

DRV_CounterFreqStart

DRV_CounterFreqRead

DRV_CounterPulseStart

DRV_CounterReset

High-speed Functions

DRV_CheckEvent

DRV_EnableEvent

DRV_FAIIntStart

DRV_FAIIntScanStart

DRV_FAITransfer

DRV_FAICheck

DRV_ClearFlag

DRV_FAITerminate

Other Functions

DRV_GetErrorMessage