Scanners with Multiple Lasers

Detailed Description

These functions allow you to choose which laser to use. While only the JS20-DL has more than one laser, you can use these functions with any JS20 so long as you specify the valid laser, LASER0.

If you attempt to access an invalid laser, like LASER1 on a single-laser JS20, the connection will close. This is fail-fast behavior. If an empty jsProfile were returned, people would spend all day trying to figure out why the profile had no data. Now, they'll simply spend all day trying to figure out why the connection died.

You may be thinking to yourself, “Why an enum instead of an int?” Good question. The answer is type safety. This way, you can't index an inappropriate laser like -3 � it simply won't compile. You'll have to actively work to index an inappropriate laser instead of having it accidentally happen.

If you still want to use an int, put the enum values into an array like this and pass in the value from the array:

jsLaserIndex laserIndexArray[] = {LASER0, LASER1};
for(int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
  jsGetProfileN(jc, laserIndexArray[i], &profile);


Functions
JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL	jsSendProfileRequestN (JCONNECTION const jc, jsLaserIndex const laserIndex)
	Sends a request for a profile from the specified laser.
JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL	jsReadProfileN (JCONNECTION const jc, jsProfile *const profile)
	Reads a profile from the connection.
JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL	jsGetProfileN (JCONNECTION const jc, jsLaserIndex const laserIndex, jsProfile *const profile)
	Requests and reads a profile from the specified laser.
JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL	jsGetProfileFromAllLasers (JCONNECTION const jc, jsProfile *const profiles, size_t const cProfiles)
	Requests and reads a profile from each laser the scanner has.
JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL	jsGetImageN (JCONNECTION const jc, jsLaserIndex const laserIndex, jsImage *const image)
	Requests and reads an image with the specified laser on.
JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL	jsGetScanN (JCONNECTION const jc, jsLaserIndex const laserIndex, jsScan *const scan)
	Requests and reads a scan with the specified laser on.
JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL	jsGetImageScanN (JCONNECTION const jc, jsLaserIndex const laserIndex, jsImage const image, jsScan const scan)
	Requests and reads an image and scan with the specified laser on.

Function Documentation

JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL jsSendProfileRequestN	(	JCONNECTION const	jc,
		jsLaserIndex const	laserIndex
	)

Sends a request for a profile from the specified laser.

May not be called while the scanner is in Synchronized Scanning Mode.

Nothing is read from the connection during this call. Increments the number of outstanding requests for this connection by one.

Parameters:

	jc	The connection to send the request to.
	laserIndex	Which laser to use for the scan.

See also:

jsReadProfileN()

jsGetNumberOfOutstandingRequests()

jsCleanUpOutstandingRequests()

Returns:

0 on success.

INVALID_PARAMETER if jc is NULL.

SCANNER_FAILURE on all connection failures.

JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL jsReadProfileN	(	JCONNECTION const	jc,
		jsProfile *const	profile
	)

Reads a profile from the connection.

May not be called while the scanner is in Synchronized Scanning Mode.

A call to jsSendProfileRequestN() must have been made to the specified JCONNECTION before this function is called. Otherwise the call will block and eventually time out waiting for a profile that isn't coming.

Decrements the number of outstanding requests for this connection by one.

See also:

jsSendProfileRequestN()

jsGetNumberOfOutstandingRequests()

jsCleanUpOutstandingRequests()

Parameters:

	jc	The connection to read the profile from.
	profile	Where the profile is stored.

Returns:

0 on success.

INVALID_PARAMETER if jc or profile is NULL.

SCANNER_FAILURE on all connection failures.

JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL jsGetProfileN	(	JCONNECTION const	jc,
		jsLaserIndex const	laserIndex,
		jsProfile *const	profile
	)

Requests and reads a profile from the specified laser.

May not be called while the scanner is in Synchronized Scanning Mode.

Parameters:

	jc	The connection to read a profile from.
	laserIndex	Which laser to use for the scan.
	profile	Where the profile is stored.

Returns:

0 on success.

INVALID_PARAMETER if jc or profile is NULL.

SCANNER_FAILURE on all connection failures.

JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL jsGetProfileFromAllLasers	(	JCONNECTION const	jc,
		jsProfile *const	profiles,
		size_t const	cProfiles
	)

Requests and reads a profile from each laser the scanner has.

May not be called while the scanner is in Synchronized Scanning Mode.

If cProfiles indicates profiles doesn't have enough space, then extra profiles are discarded. Really, profiles should point to an array with enough space for a profile from every laser.

Parameters:

	jc	The connection to read the profiles from.
	profiles	Pointer to an array of `jsProfile's`.
	cProfiles	The number of `jsProfile's` that `profiles` points to.

Returns:

0 on success.

INVALID_PARAMETER if jc or profile is NULL.

SCANNER_FAILURE on all connection failures.

JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL jsGetImageN	(	JCONNECTION const	jc,
		jsLaserIndex const	laserIndex,
		jsImage *const	image
	)

Requests and reads an image with the specified laser on.

Parameters:

	jc	The connection to read the image from.
	laserIndex	Which laser to use for the image.
	image	Where the image is stored.

Returns:

0 on success.

INVALID_PARAMETER if jc or image is NULL.

SCANNER_FAILURE on all connection failures.

JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL jsGetScanN	(	JCONNECTION const	jc,
		jsLaserIndex const	laserIndex,
		jsScan *const	scan
	)

Requests and reads a scan with the specified laser on.

Parameters:

	jc	The connection to read the scan from.
	laserIndex	Which laser to use for the scan.
	scan	Where the scan is stored.

Returns:

0 on success.

INVALID_PARAMETER if jc or scan is NULL.

SCANNER_FAILURE on all connection failures.

JCAM_DLL_API int STDCALL jsGetImageScanN	(	JCONNECTION const	jc,
		jsLaserIndex const	laserIndex,
		jsImage *const	image,
		jsScan *const	scan
	)

Requests and reads an image and scan with the specified laser on.

Parameters:

	jc	The connection to read the image and scan from.
	laserIndex	Which laser to use for the image and scan.
	image	Where the image is stored.
	scan	Where the scan is stored.

Returns:

0 on success.

INVALID_PARAMETER if jc or scan is NULL.

SCANNER_FAILURE on all connection failures.

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Scanners with Multiple Lasers

Detailed Description

Functions

Function Documentation