org.lsst.ccs.drivers.ascii

Class Ascii

java.lang.Object

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.ascii.Ascii

public class Ascii
extends Object

General access routines for a device using Ascii commands.

Author:

Owen Saxton

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	CONN_TYPE_FTDI Connection type - serial via FTDI chip
static int	CONN_TYPE_NETWORK Connection type - network
static int	CONN_TYPE_SERIAL Connection type - serial via serial port

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Ascii()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() Closes the device connection.
boolean	closeSilent() Closes the device connection silently.
void	flush() Flushes any unread data.
void	open(int type, String ident, int parm) Opens a connection to the device.
void	open(int type, String ident, int parm1, int parm2) Opens a connection to the device.
String	read() Reads a response.
String	read(String command) Reads a response after writing a command.
void	setTerminator(String term) Sets the command terminator.
void	setTimeout(double time) Sets the read timeout.
void	write(String command) Writes a command.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

CONN_TYPE_NETWORK

public static final int CONN_TYPE_NETWORK

Connection type - network

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Constant Field Values

CONN_TYPE_FTDI

public static final int CONN_TYPE_FTDI

Connection type - serial via FTDI chip

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Constant Field Values

CONN_TYPE_SERIAL

public static final int CONN_TYPE_SERIAL

Connection type - serial via serial port

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Ascii

public Ascii()

Method Detail

open

public void open(int type,
                 String ident,
                 int parm)
          throws org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

Opens a connection to the device.

Parameters:

type - The type of connection to make

ident - The device identifier: host name or IP address for network serial number for FTDI device device name for serial

parm - The device parameter: port number for network baud rate for FTDI or serial

Throws:

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

open

public void open(int type,
                 String ident,
                 int parm1,
                 int parm2)
          throws org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

Opens a connection to the device.

Parameters:

type - The type of connection to make

ident - The device identifier: host name or IP address for network serial number for FTDI device device name for serial

parm1 - The first device parameter: port number for network baud rate for FTDI or serial

parm2 - The second device parameter: unused for network or serial device index for FTDI

Throws:

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

close

public void close()
           throws org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

Closes the device connection.

Throws:

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

closeSilent

public boolean closeSilent()

Closes the device connection silently.

Returns:

Whether or not the close caused an error

write

public void write(String command)
           throws org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

Writes a command.

Parameters:

command - The command to write, excluding terminator

Throws:

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

read

public String read()
            throws org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

Reads a response.

Returns:

The command response string

Throws:

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverTimeoutException

read

public String read(String command)
            throws org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

Reads a response after writing a command.

Parameters:

command - The command to write, excluding terminator

Returns:

The command response string

Throws:

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverTimeoutException

flush

public void flush()
           throws org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

Flushes any unread data.

Throws:

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

setTerminator

public void setTerminator(String term)

Sets the command terminator.

Parameters:

term - The terminator to be appended to each sent command

setTimeout

public void setTimeout(double time)
                throws org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException

Sets the read timeout.

Parameters:

time - The read timeout (sec). 0 means no timeout.

Throws:

org.lsst.ccs.drivers.commons.DriverException