public bool Connect(ref string sErrMsg, ref string sIdInfo)
{
bool bRet = true;
StringBuilder sIdn = new StringBuilder(1024);
StringBuilder sErrorMessage = new StringBuilder(1024);
int iError;
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// connect to the controller over RS-232 (COM port 1, baudrate 115200). //
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
m_iControllerId = PICommand.ConnectRS232(1, 115200);
if (m_iControllerId < 0)
{
iError = PICommand.GetError(m_iControllerId);
PICommand.TranslateError(iError, sErrorMessage, sErrorMessage.Capacity);
sErrMsg = "ERROR From ConnectRS232 " + iError.ToString() + ": " + sErrorMessage.ToString();
bRet = false;
}
else
{
////////////////////////////////////
// Get the IDeNtification string. //
////////////////////////////////////
if (PICommand.qIDN(m_iControllerId, sIdn, sIdn.Capacity) == 0)
{
iError = PICommand.GetError(m_iControllerId);
PICommand.TranslateError(iError, sErrorMessage, sErrorMessage.Capacity);
sErrMsg = "ERROR From IDN? " + iError.ToString() + ": " + sErrorMessage.ToString();
bRet = false;
}
else
{
sIdInfo = sIdn.ToString();
}
}
return(bRet);
}