NI-FGEN C Function Reference

niFgen_GetStreamEndpointHandle

  • Updated2023-02-21
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ViStatus niFgen_GetStreamEndpointHandle (ViSession vi, ViConstString streamEndpoint, ViInt32* readerHandle);

Purpose

Returns a reader endpoint handle that can be used with NI-P2P to configure a peer-to-peer stream with a signal generator endpoint.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
vi ViSession Identifies your instrument session. vi is obtained from the niFgen_init, niFgen_InitWithOptions, or niFgen_InitializeWithChannels functions and identifies a particular instrument session.
streamEndpoint ViConstString Specifies the stream endpoint FIFO to configure. Refer to the device-specific documentation for peer-to-peer streaming in the NI Signal Generators Help for more information.
Output
Name Type Description
readerHandle ViInt32* Specifies the reader endpoint handle that is used with NI-P2P to create a stream with the signal generator as an endpoint.

Return Value

Name Type Description
status ViStatus Returns the status code of this operation. The status code either indicates success or describes an error or warning condition. You can examine the status code from each call to an NI-FGEN function to determine if an error occurred. To obtain a text description of the status code, call the niFgen_error_message function. To obtain additional information about the error condition, call the niFgen_GetError function. To clear the error information from NI-FGEN, call the niFgen_ClearError function.

The general meaning of the status code is as follows:

Value Meaning
0 Success
Positive Values Warnings
Negative Values Errors

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