private void buttonConnect_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
if (_kCubeStrainGauge != null)
{
MessageBox.Show("Device already connected");
return;
}
const string serialNumber = "59000160";
// All of this operation has been placed inside a single "catch-all"
// exception handler. This is to reduce the size of the example code.
// Normally you would have a try...catch per API call and catch the
// specific exceptions that could be thrown (details of which can be
// found in the Kinesis .NET API document).
try
{
// Instructs the DeviceManager to build and maintain the list of
// devices connected.
DeviceManagerCLI.BuildDeviceList();
_kCubeStrainGauge = KCubeStrainGauge.CreateKCubeStrainGauge(serialNumber);
// Establish a connection with the device.
_kCubeStrainGauge.Connect(serialNumber);
// Wait for the device settings to initialize. We ask the device to
// throw an exception if this takes more than 5000ms (5s) to complete.
_kCubeStrainGauge.WaitForSettingsInitialized(5000);
// This starts polling the device at intervals of 250ms (0.25s).
_kCubeStrainGauge.StartPolling(250);
// Initialize the DeviceUnitConverter object required for real world
// unit parameters.
_kCubeStrainGauge.GetStrainGaugeConfiguration(serialNumber);
// We are now able to enable the device for commands.
_kCubeStrainGauge.EnableDevice();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Unable to connect to device\n" + ex);
}
}
private void buttonDisconnect_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (_kCubeStrainGauge == null)
{
MessageBox.Show("Not connected to device");
return;
}
// All of this operation has been placed inside a "catch-all" exception
// handler. Normally you would catch the more specific exceptions that
// the API call might throw (details of which can be found in the
// Kinesis .NET API document).
try
{
// Shuts down this device and frees any resources it is using.
_kCubeStrainGauge.ShutDown();
_kCubeStrainGauge = null;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Unable to disconnect from device\n" + ex);
}
}
