Hello, we are currently trying to control a LMX2820 through an USB2ANY interface.
We found some preliminary api docs from 2015 but i looks kinda of old and it seems to miss the documentation for the C# .NET api (it has the VB .NET documentation but i seems incomplete).
Do you have a more current version of the API-docs?
Hello andHag,
Our recommended way of controlling LMX2820 is through the TICS Pro software GUI. There are also ways to automate TICS Pro interactions with the device through ActiveX controls, which are documented in the following E2E thread (in VBA code for Excel, but if you are comfortable interacting with 32-bit COM objects, this should be sufficient):
If you really need to do direct API calls to the USB2ANY in your own C# application, you can wrap the USB2ANY DLL like so:
public class U2AWrapper
{
const string _dllLocation = "USB2ANY.dll"; //replace with your DLL location
[DllImport(_dllLocation, EntryPoint = "_u2aOpen@4")]
private static extern int u2aOpen(string SerialNumber);
[DllImport(_dllLocation, EntryPoint = "_u2aClose@4")]
private static extern int u2aClose(int handle);
// etc
//Examples: Open Communication
/// <summary>
/// This function opens communication with the USB2ANY controller that has the specified serial number.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="SerialNumber">serial number string that was return by a call to the u2aGetSerialNumber function.</param>
/// <returns>A handle, which must be used for subsequent calls to API functions. The handle is always a positive number (never zero). If an error occurs, a negative error code is returned.</returns>
public int OpenConnection(string SerialNumber){
return u2aOpen(SerialNumber);
}
//Close Communication
/// <summary>
/// This function closes communication with the USB2ANY controller associated with the specified handle.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="handle">A valid handle, obtained by a call to the u2aOpen function.</param>
/// <returns>Returns zero on success. If an error occurs, a negative error code is returned.</returns>
public int CloseConnection(int handle){
return u2aClose(handle);
}
// etc
}
The DLL entry points are in the API documentation. I've attached the latest version I have (2.8.2) below.
API Reference for USB2ANY SDK 2.8.pdf
Please note that TI will not support your application development with the USB2ANY SDK, beyond providing you with the API documentation and suggesting some means of usage.
Regards,
Thank you for providing the API:documentation!
2 follow-up questions:
1: "There are also ways to automate TICS Pro interactions with the device through ActiveX controls, which are documented in the following E2E thread (in VBA code for Excel, but if you are comfortable interacting with 32-bit COM objects, this should be sufficient):"
Are you refering to Microsofts old ActiveX framwork? or some other software I'm not aware of? Since our platform is Win10 and my understanding is that ActiveX is discouraged to use on that platform, besides the current IE11 (which is soon disappearing). There must be some better way to interact with the GUI.
2: In the SDK it was included a C-sharp example using the USB2ANY_CS.dll which I currenlty have been using. The code example that you gave me in your post must have been implemented in that file, due to it already existing similar functions that you can use. My question is related to that dll. Is this something that is recommended to use or is this something I found that is depreciated and should not be used?
The library name seems to be TI.eLAB.EVM.
