man comedi_apply_calibration (3): set hardware calibration from file

SYNOPSIS

#include <comedilib.h>

int comedi_apply_calibration(comedi_t * device, unsigned int subdevice, unsigned int channel, unsigned int range, unsigned int aref, const char * file_path);

STATUS

alpha

DESCRIPTION

The function comedi_apply_calibration sets the hardware calibration for the subdevice specified by device and subdevice so that it is in proper calibration when using the channel specified by channel, range index specified by range and analog reference specified by aref. It does so by performing writes to the appropriate channels of the board's calibration subdevice(s). Depending on the hardware, the calibration settings used may or may not depend on the channel, range, or analog reference. Furthermore, the calibrations appropriate for different channel, range, and analog reference parameters may not be able to be applied simultaneously. For example, some boards cannot have their analog inputs calibrated for more than one input range simultaneously. Applying a calibration for range 1 may blow away a previously applied calibration for range 0. Or, applying a calibration for analog input channel 0 may cause the same calibration to be applied to all the other analog input channels as well. Your only guarantee is that calls to comedi_apply_calibration on different subdevices will not interfere with each other.

In practice, their are some rules of thumb on how calibrations behave. No calibrations depend on the analog reference. A multiplexed analog input will have calibration settings that do not depend on the channel, and applying a setting for one channel will affect all channels equally. Analog outputs, and analog inputs with independent a/d converters for each input channel, will have calibration settings which do depend on the channel, and the settings for each channel will be independent of the other channels.

If you wish to investigate exactly what comedi_apply_calibration is doing, you can perform reads on your board's calibration subdevice to see which calibration channels it is changing. You can also try to decipher the calibration file directly (it's a text file).

The file_path parameter can be used to specify the file which contains the calibration information. If file_path is NULL, then Comedilib will use a default file location. The calibration information used by this function is generated by the comedi_calibrate program (see its man page).

The functions comedi_parse_calibration_file, comedi_apply_parsed_calibration, and comedi_cleanup_calibration_file provide the same functionality at a slightly lower level.

RETURN VALUE

Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure.

AUTHORS

David Schleef <[email protected]>

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Frank Mori Hess <[email protected]>

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Herman Bruyninckx <[email protected]>

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Bernd Porr <[email protected]>

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Ian Abbott <[email protected]>

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Éric Piel <[email protected]>

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COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1998-2003 David Schleef
Copyright © 2001-2003, 2005, 2008 Frank Mori Hess
Copyright © 2002-2003 Herman Bruyninckx
Copyright © 2012 Bernd Porr
Copyright © 2012 Ian Abbott
Copyright © 2012 Éric Piel

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