Pepper Computer Modular Computers RS232 User Manual

SMART I/O User’s Manual

©1996 PEP Modular Computers GmbH

March 12, 1996

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Chapter 2  SMART-BASE

error_code SMTstasto(u_int8 mode);

This function starts / stops the timer; the zero-detect control bit is set at the

start; the counter rolls over on reaching zero or is loaded with the value set

in the preload register and continues counting down.

u_int8 mod

e

Two modes are available. They are:

TMR_STRT

Start timer

TMR_STOP

Stop timer

error_code

SUCCESS

E_BMODE

Unsupported mode

or standard OS-9 error code (refer to the OS-9

Technical Manual Error Codes Section).

RetVal = SMTstasto(TMR_STRT);