The following functions are defined in the SLD module:
sendCamacIO(CamacRequest const* req,
CamacReply* rep,
unsigned n);
Sends a "CNAF", or block of CNAFs, through the CAMAC serial link. req and rep point to arrays of request and reply buffers, respectively. The n parameter indicates the size of the arrays and defaults to 1, if compiling with a C++ compiler.
A task sending an array of requests is guaranteed that its entire transaction will complete before another task's requests are processed. If multiple front-ends can access the same serial link, the lock field in the request structure should be used to prevent other CNAFs from being interspersed with the requests.
sldSetCamacBranch(unsigned char branch);
Sets the default CAMAC branch to branch.
Most front-ends have a single CAMAC serial link, so this function doesn't perform any function on such a system. A few front-ends, however, can access more than one CAMAC branch. This function sets the branch that is to be the default.