Data Feed (Windows Only)

(Windows only) Closes the data feed object and its window.

(Windows only) Sets up port settings for the connection to the device.

(Windows only) Disconnects the device from the data feed queue but leaves the data feed object active.

(Windows only) Sets the line ending value used as a separator when parsing incoming lines of data. The value is also used as the terminator in outgoing lines of data.

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CR: ASCII character 13 (carriage return)

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LF: ASCII character 10 (line feed)

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CRLF: Uses both CR and LF in sequence.

feed<<Get Line

(Windows only) Returns and removes one line from the data feed queue.

feed<<Get Lines

(Windows only) Returns as a list and removes all lines from the data feed queue.

feed<<Print Queue

(Windows only) Prints the internal queue of messages to the log window.

feed<<Queue Line(string)

(Windows only) Sends one line to the end of the data feed queue. Queue Line is primarily useful for testing your script without requiring it to be attached to a device. You can essentially simulate the data coming from the device to make sure the rest of your code handles the values properly when it's really attached to a working device.

feed<<Restart

(Windows only) Restarts processing queued lines.

feed<<Set Script(script)

(Windows only) Assigns the script that is run each time a line of data is received.

feed<<Stop

(Windows only) Stops processing queued lines.

feed<<Write("string")

Description

(Windows only) Sends a string to the data feed device.

Example

exfeed = Open Datafeed(

Connect( Port( "com1" ), Baud rate( 4800 ), Parity( even ), DataBits( 8 ) ),