ACLS-DLL2 ReadMe File
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Table Of Contents
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* ACLS-DLL2 5.10 Release Notes
+ ACLS-DLL2 5.10 New Features (versus 5.0)
+ ACLS-DLL2 5.10 Hardware Support
+ ACLS-DLL2 5.10 Drivers Modification
+ Miscellaneous Bug Fixs
* ACLS-DLL2 5.0 Release Notes
+ ACLS-DLL2 5.0 New Features (versus 4.01)
+ ACLS-DLL2 5.0 Hardware Support
+ ACLS-DLL2 5.0 New Functions
+ ACLS-DLL2 5.0 Drivers Modification
+ Miscellaneous
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ACLS-DLL2 5.10 Release Notes
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**** ACLS-DLL2 5.10 New Features (versus 5.0) ****
The following new features are supported in ACLS-DLL2 5.10 :
* provide DMA count for W_{hardware_model}_AD_DMA_Status functions in Windows95
* more than 64K data acquisition supported for ACL-8316
* provide correct DMA count, even if the DMA operation is interrupted with W_{hardware_model}_DMA_Stop command
**** ACLS-DLL2 5.10 Hardware Support ****
* ACL-6126
* ACL-6128
* ACL-8111
* ACL-8112DG/HG
* ACL-8112PG
* ACL-8113/8113A
* ACL-8216
* ACL-8312/8316
**** ACLS-DLL2 5.10 Drivers Modification ****
for ACL-8112, ACL-8216 and ACL-8316 Win95 drivers:
* provide the DMA count from System DMA controller directly when the W_{hardware_model}_AD_DMA_Status
and W_{hardware_model}_DMA_Stop functions are called.
for ACL-8111, ACL-8112, ACL-8216 and ACL-8316 WinNT drivers:
* more error code added in kernel drivers for Continuous DMA/INT operation.
**** ACLS-DLL2 5.10 Functions Modification ****
for ACL-8316 Win95/WinNT Libraries:
* change the Data Type of 'count' parameter from 'U16' to 'int' in the following functions:
W_8316_AD_DMA_Start, W_8316_AD_DMA_Status, W_8316_AD_DMA_Stop,
W_8316_AD_INT_Start, W_8316_AD_INT_Status, W_8316_AD_INT_Stop,
W_8316_AD_ContINT_Start, W_8316_AD_ContDMA_Start
* change the declaration of these modified functions in dll2.h, dll2.bas and dll2.pas.
**** Miscellaneous Bug Fixs ****
* Modify the 64K limitation of data acquisition both in software libraries and kernel drivers.
* Fix the bug of data conversion in the W_8216_AD_Aquire function.
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ACLS-DLL2 5.0 Release Notes
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**** ACLS-DLL2 5.0 New Features (versus 4.01) ****
The following new features are supported in ACLS-DLL2 5.0 :
* The ACLS-DLL2 5.0 can be utilized in Win98 and Windows 2000
* Software Library supports PCI-8113A
* AutoScan mode is supported for 8111, 8112, 8216
* Double Buffer mode is added in Win95 and WinNT drivers
**** ACLS-DLL2 5.0 Hardware Support ****
* ACL-6126
* ACL-6128
* ACL-8111
* ACL-8112DG/HG
* ACL-8112PG
* ACL-8113/8113A
* ACL-8216
* ACL-8312/8316
**** ACLS-DLL2 5.0 New Functions ****
The following new functions are added to ACLS-DLL2
1. Continuous data acquisition functions :
* W_{hardware_model}_AD_ContDMA_Start
* W_{hardware_model}_AD_ContINT_Start
* W_{hardware_model}_AD_SCANINT_Start
* W_{hardware_model}_DblBufferTransfer
2. Status checking Functions for continuous operation :
* W_{hardware_model}_DblBufferHalfReady
**** ACLS-DLL2 5.0 Drivers Modification ****
for ACL-8111, ACL-8112, ACL-8216 and ACL-8316 :
* Double Buffer mechanism is added
**** Miscellaneous ****
Some samples are added to demonstrate continuous data acquisition,
including:
* SDK{hardware_model}ContDMA
* SDK{hardware_model}ContINT
* SDK{hardware_model}ContSCAN
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