private void buttonConnect_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (_kCubePositionAligner != null)
{
MessageBox.Show("Device already connected");
return;
}
const string serialNumber = "69250117";
// 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();
_kCubePositionAligner = KCubePositionAligner.CreateKCubePositionAligner(serialNumber);
// Establish a connection with the device.
_kCubePositionAligner.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.
_kCubePositionAligner.WaitForSettingsInitialized(5000);
// This starts polling the device at intervals of 250ms (0.25s).
_kCubePositionAligner.StartPolling(250);
// Initialize the DeviceUnitConverter object required for real world
// unit parameters.
_kCubePositionAligner.GetPositionAlignerConfiguration(serialNumber);
// We are now able to enable the device for commands.
_kCubePositionAligner.EnableDevice();
// Place the device in OpenLoop mode. The position will be monitored
// but the X DIFF and Y DIFF outputs will remain under our control.
_kCubePositionAligner.SetOperatingMode(PositionAlignerStatus.OperatingModes.OpenLoop, false);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Unable to connect to device\n" + ex);
}
}
private void buttonDisconnect_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if (_kCubePositionAligner == 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.
_kCubePositionAligner.ShutDown();
_kCubePositionAligner = null;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Unable to disconnect from device\n" + ex);
}
}
