
Quatech Syncdrive Plus User’s Manual Table of contents
Rev 01 (2/6/2003) Page i
Table of contents
Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
System Requirements ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
Installing Syncdrive plus------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2
Synchronous communication with Syncdrive Plus-------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
Understanding BIT-synchronous formatting---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6
Operational overview----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
Data handling--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
Transmitting frames------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7
Receiving frames------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8
Clocking parameters------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8
Include file structure------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9
Operating under Windows 2000/XP---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
Building Syncdrive Plus applications -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
Terminating applications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9
Tips and Techniques------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9
Syncdrive Plus data structures --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10
Syncdrive Plus application programming interface------------------------------------------------------------------16
Calling convention--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16
Return values --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16
Examples--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17
Command reference------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17
Using example programs-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------29
Source code------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------29
Executable files------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------29
Descriptions of example programs-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------29
LPBCKBI2K ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------29
FDBCKBI2K----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------29
SENDBI2K ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------29
RECBI2K---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30
THREADRX2K-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30
THREADTX2K-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30
Crossover cable-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30
Troubleshooting-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31
Verify that the hardware is configured properly ----------------------------------------------------------------31
Check the Syncdrive Plus configuration ---------------------------------------------------------------------------31
Check the clock sourcing------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31
Know the speed limits---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31
Error codes -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------32
Appendix A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33
Definitions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33