static string[] getAliases(int rm, string address)
{
if (getAliasesBroken)
{
return(Array.Empty <string>());
}
using (var semaphore = new Semaphore(0, 1))
{
string[] result = Array.Empty <string>();
TapThread.Start(() =>
{
var aliases = new StringBuilder(1024);
short intfType = 0;
short intfNum = 0;
if (Visa.viParseRsrcEx(rm, address, ref intfType, ref intfNum, null, null, aliases) ==
Visa.VI_SUCCESS)
{
if (aliases.Length != 0)
{
result = new[] { aliases.ToString() }
}
;
}
semaphore.Release();
});
if (!semaphore.WaitOne(5000))
{
getAliasesBroken = true;
log.Warning("VISA timed out when trying to get aliases. Skipping this from now on.");
}
return(result);
}
}