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lxi-tools Lua API
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Both the lxi tool and lxi-gui tool add the following lua functions in addition
to the standard lua library functions.
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Function
device = lxi_connect(address, port, name, timeout, protocol)
Description
Connect to LXI compatible device
Parameters
address: Address of remote device to connect [string]
port: Port of remote device [integer] (only used for RAW connections)
name: Name of remote device [string] (only used for VXI11 connection,
best use nil to default to "inst0")
timeout: Timeout in milliseconds [integer]
protocol: Communications protocol to use [VXI11, RAW]
Returns
device: Handle of device
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Function
response = lxi_scpi(device, command, timeout)
Description
Send SCPI command and receive response if expected
Parameters
device: Handle of connected device
command: SCPI command to send [string]. A response is expected if the
command ends with "?".
timeout: Timeout in milliseconds [integer]
Returns
response: Returns response [string] if command string ended with "?". If an
error (timeout etc.) occurs the response is nil.
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Function
lxi_disconnect(device)
Description
Disconnect connected device
Paramters
device: Handle of device
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Function
lxi_sleep(time)
Description
Sleep for specified amount of time
Parameters
time: Time to sleep in seconds [integer]
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Function
lxi_msleep(time)
Description
Sleep for specified amount of time
Parameters
time: Time to sleep in milliseconds [integer]
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Function
clock = lxi_clock_new()
Description
Create new clock resource
Returns
clock: Handle of new clock
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Function
time = lxi_clock_read(clock)
Description
Read out the elapsed time of the clock since first clock_read() call
Paramters
clock: Handle of clock
Returns
time: Time in seconds since last call [double]. If first call it will
return 0 and the clock will start ticking.
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Function
lxi_clock_reset(clock)
Description
Reset clock so that it stops ticking. First clock_read() will make the
clock tick again.
Paramters
clock: Handle of clock
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Function
lxi_clock_free(clock)
Desription
Release clock resource
Parameters
clock: Handle of clock
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Function
log = lxi_log_new()
Description
Create new log resource
Returns
log: Handle of new log
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Function
lxi_log_add(log, ...)
Description
Log data to log.
This is a variadic function which means that it can take a variable number
of arguments and log them. Each log argument can be of any type.
Example:
log_add(log, 42, "hello", 4242).
The resulting line in the CSV output file will look like this:
42,"hello",4242
Parameters
log: Handle of log
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Function
lxi_log_save_csv(log, filename)
Description
Save log data to CSV formatted (RFC 4180) log file.
Parameters
log: Handle of log
filename: Name of CSV file [string]
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function
lxi_log_free(log)
Desription
Release log resource
Parameters
log: Handle of log
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additionally, the lxi-gui tool adds the following lua functions to present and
manage data via the GUI.
NOTE: These functions can only be used when running scripts via lxi-gui.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function
chart = lxi_chart_new(type, ...)
Description
Create and present a new chart. The chart is opened in a new window.
Parameters
type: Chart type [string]
The type can be any of the following:
"line"
"scatter"
"number"
"angular-gauge"
"linear-gauge"
The number of parameters following the first parameter depends on
which type of chart is requested:
"line", "scatter":
title: Title [string]
x_label: Label of x-axis [string]
y_label: Label of y-axis [string]
x_max: Maximum value of x-axis [double]
y_max: Maximum value of y-axis [double]
width: Width of window in pixels [integer]
"number":
title: Title [string]
label: Label [string]
width: Width of window in pixels [integer]
"angular-gauge", "linear-gauge":
title: Title [string]
label: Label [string]
value_min: Minimum value [double]
value_max: Maximum value [double]
width: Width of window in pixels [integer]
Returns
chart: Handle of chart
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Function
lxi_chart_plot(chart, x, y)
Description
Plot x and y value to chart
Paramters
chart: Handle of chart
x: X value [double]
y: Y value [double]
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Function
lxi_chart_save_csv(chart, filename)
Description
Save plotted data to CSV file
Paramters
chart: Handle of chart
filename: Name of CSV file [string]
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Function
lxi_chart_save_png(chart, filename)
Description
Save image of plotted chart to PNG file
Paramters
chart: Handle of chart
filename: Name of PNG file [string]
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Function
lxi_chart_close(chart)
Description
Close chart window
Paramters
chart: Handle of chart
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Function
version = lxi_version()
Description
Get version of lxi-tools
Returns
version: Version of lxi-tools [string]
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Function
ip = lxi_selected_ip()
Description
Get IP of device selected in GUI
Returns
ip: IP of device selected in GUI [string]. Returns nil if none selected.
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Function
id = lxi_selected_id()
Description
Get ID of device selected in GUI
Returns
id: ID of device selected in GUI [string]. Returns nil if none selected.
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