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News Release from: Vmetro | Subject: Vanguard
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 May 2006
Interface aids analyser integration
Vmetro has developed a new application programming interface (API) for its Vanguard analyser family (PCIe, PCI/PCI-X, XMC, PMC, cPCI and VME).
Vmetro has developed a new application programming interface (API) for its Vanguard analyser family (PCIe, PCI/PCI-X, XMC, PMC, cPCI and VME) The new API is used to access and control the features of the analysers from the customer's application
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 7 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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This API enables Vanguard analyser functionality to be incorporated in dedicated applications running on a variety of platforms and using virtually any programming language.
Applications include incorporating the Vanguard analyser in the system GUI and custom test benches.
The Vanguard API engine is implemented as a TCP/IP based server on the Vanguard analyser, using simple ASCII-formatted data for both the requests and the responses.
The API is therefore available to every client platform that has TCP/IP support.
Two different client interfaces are available for using the Vanguard API.
The raw ASCII interface transmits RPC requests and responses as simple ASCII-coded strings, whereas the XML-RPC interface transmits the requests and responses as XML formatted messages.
The raw ASCII interface uses basic TCP/IP socket client/server communication for the transport, whereas the XML-RPC interface uses HTTP. Request a free brochure from Vmetro ...
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