/// <summary>
/// Gets the id of the external source
///
/// *IDN?
/// </summary>
/// <param name="extSource">the EXTSOURCE object</param>
/// <returns>Id of the external source</returns>
public void GetExtSrcIDNQuery(IEXTSOURCE extSource)
{
bool found = false;
const int timesToFind = 3;
for (int n = 0; n <= timesToFind; n++) //Giving the external source a certain number of tries to get the right response
{
extSource.GetExtSrcIDNQuery(); //
found = utils.GetExtSourceIDInformation(extSource.ExtSrcIDResponse); //Parsing ExtSourceID returns a bool
if (found) //If returns true, valid id so a ExtSource is talking back!
{
break;
}
Thread.Sleep(1000);
}
if (!found) //External source still won't talk back
{
Assert.Inconclusive("No External Source Found. ID Response returned " + extSource.ExtSrcIDResponse);
}
}