sdrangel/sdrbase/util/visa.h

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// Copyright (C) 2021 Jon Beniston, M7RCE                                        //
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#ifndef INCLUDE_VISA_H
#define INCLUDE_VISA_H

// Minimal implementation of VISA specification (just the bits we need so far)
// https://www.ivifoundation.org/docs/vpp432_2016-02-26.pdf

#include "export.h"

#include <QDebug>

class QRegularExpression;

typedef char ViChar;
typedef ViChar * ViPChar;
typedef signed long ViInt32;
typedef unsigned long ViUInt32;
typedef ViPChar ViString;

typedef ViInt32 ViStatus;
typedef ViUInt32 ViObject;
typedef ViObject ViSession;
typedef ViSession * ViPSession;
typedef ViString ViRsrc;
typedef ViUInt32 ViAccessMode;
typedef ViUInt32 * ViPUInt32;
typedef ViObject ViFindList;
typedef ViFindList * ViPFindList;

#define VI_SUCCESS 0
#define VI_TRUE 1
#define VI_FALSE 0
#define VI_NULL 0
#define VI_FIND_BUFLEN 256

// We dynamically load the visa dll, as most users probably do not have it
// Note: Can't seem to call viOpenDefaultRM/viClose in constructor / destructor of global instance
class SDRBASE_API VISA {
public:

    struct Instrument {
        QString m_resource;
        QString m_manufacturer;
        QString m_model;
        QString m_serial;
        QString m_revision;
    };

    // Default session
    ViSession m_defaultRM;
    // Function pointers to VISA API for direct calls
    ViStatus (*viOpenDefaultRM) (ViPSession vi);
    ViStatus (*viOpen) (ViSession sesn, ViRsrc name, ViAccessMode mode, ViUInt32 timeout, ViPSession vi);
    ViStatus (*viClose) (ViObject vi);
    ViStatus (*viPrintf) (ViSession vi, ViString writeFmt, ...);
    ViStatus (*viScanf) (ViSession vi, ViString readFmt, ...);
    ViStatus (*viFindRsrc) (ViSession vi, ViString expr, ViPFindList li, ViPUInt32 retCnt, ViChar desc[]);
    ViStatus (*viFindNext) (ViSession vi, ViChar desc[]);

    VISA();

    ViSession openDefault();
    void closeDefault();
    ViSession open(const QString& device);
    void close(ViSession session);
    QStringList processCommands(ViSession session, const QString& commands, bool *error=nullptr);
    QStringList findResources();
    bool identification(ViSession session, QString &manufacturer, QString &model, QString &serialNumber, QString &revision);
    QList<Instrument> instruments(QRegularExpression *filter);
    void setDebugIO(bool debugIO) { m_debugIO = debugIO; }

    // Is the VISA library available
    bool isAvailable() const
    {
        return m_available;
    }

private:
    bool m_available;
    bool m_debugIO;

protected:
    void *visaLibrary;

    void *libraryOpen(const char *filename);
    void *libraryFunc(void *library, const char *function);
};

#endif // INCLUDE_VISA_H