MXEIO_Connect

 

This function establishes a connection to the port of the Ethernet I/O device. Once a connection is established, a handle will be returned for additional functions.

 

C/C++

int MXEIO_Connect( char * szIP,

WORD wPort,

DWORD dwTimeOut,

int * hConnection);

 

Visual Basic

Declare Function MXEIO_Connect Lib "MXIO.dll" (ByVal szIP As String, ByVal iPort As Integer, ByVal nTimeOut As Long, handle As Long) As Long

 

Arguments:

szIP

IP address of the Ethernet I/O device to be connected.

wPort

TCP port number of Ethernet I/O device.

Please use 502 for ioLogik 4000 and ioLogik 2000.

dwTimeOut

Timeout value for establishing a network connection with the ioLogik Ethernet Adapter.

The unit is in milliseconds.

hConnection

Handle for the I/O device connection.

 

Return Values :

Succeed

MXIO_OK

Fail

Refer to Return Codes.