12-06-2010 05:56 PM
Is there a document which lists the 8451 Error Codes? The reason I ask is in all the debugging I have done, I received many error messages and I have yet to see one other than:
Unable to decipher status code 0x657b (25979)
Error - 3 - Status code not defined.
This seems to be a catch all error message.
/Chris
12-07-2010 04:46 PM - edited 12-07-2010 04:47 PM
Hi ChrisInLG,
Do you know which VI or function the error is coming from?
Thanks!
12-07-2010 07:04 PM
Two simple cases come to mind...
1) If I call the ni845xFindDevice routine with no 8451 connected, I will get this message. I would have thought a "no device found" error msg would be appropriate.
2) If I had just issued a sequence to write to EEPROM on a device on the I2C bus and I then issue an
ni845xI2cWrite
command issuing a soft reset to the device on the bus, I get this same error message, due to the fact that the EEPROM update was not finished. Adding a delay of 20 or so ms cured the problem. But I would have expected a error message tell me that the 8451 did not recieve an ACK.
3) if I send an invalid command to the I2C device resulting in a NAK rather than an ACK, I also get this error message.
These are fairly simple and common errors that I would have thought the error handler would call out. Hence I was wondering what errors conditions are actually recognized and report on by the ni845xStatusToString call.
/Chris
12-08-2010 05:05 PM
Hi ChrisInLG,
The error codes that are used can be found in the C header files for the 845x driver. There it defines the constants and has the corresponding error value next to it.
Header file is named:
ni845x.h
Can be found in Program Files\National Instruments\NI-845X\MS Visual C
Hope this helps!
12-08-2010 05:46 PM
Thanks Chris....That helps.