# inpw

inpw (int portNumber);

## Purpose

Reads a word from a port.

| Note inpw requires the LabWindows/CVI low-level support driver. LabWindows/CVI loads the driver at startup if it is on disk. You can check whether LabWindows/CVI loaded the driver at startup by calling CVILowLevelSupportDriverLoaded.

## Parameters

Input
Name | Type | Description
portNumber | integer | Port from which to read the word.

## Return Value

Name | Type | Description
wordRead | short | Word read from the port.