ADIC Digital Camera 601355 Rev A User Manual

601355 Rev A

API Functions

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When a medium is exported, its statistics are deleted after the 
medium is ejected from the system.

The total length of time the API software waits for a command 
status in synchronous mode from VolServ is 
(

VSID_RETRY_LIMIT

 plus 1) multiplied by 

VSID_TIMEOUT_VALUE

.

If the 

VSID_ENTERPRISE_ID

 parameter is set to any value 

other than zero, the intermediate and final status for this request 
is returned to the enterprise registered with VolServ.

When the API software is operating in asynchronous mode, 
client software must call 

VS_Select

 to receive intermediate 

and final status for Modify Media requests submitted through 
the API interface to the VolServ system.

Two levels of default parameter settings are used in the API 
software— global defaults and command-specific defaults. 

•

Global defaults are initialized at startup and can be set or 
retrieved using 

VS_Global_SetFields

 and 

VS_Global_GetFields

 function calls.

•

Command-specific parameter defaults for Modify Media 
commands are set with 

VSCMD_ModifyMedia_SetDefaults

. If 

command-specific defaults are set for the Modify Media 
commands, they override the global defaults for all 
commands. 

To override a default (global or command-specific) 
parameter value for a specific instance of a Modify Media 
command, the parameter identifier and the value to be 
used for the parameter can be submitted for the specific 
command itself.