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| | | scpi-parser |
| | | SCPI parser library |
| | | =========== |
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| | | SCPI parser library |
| | | [SCPI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Commands_for_Programmable_Instruments) Parser library aims to provide parsing ability of SCPI commands on instrument side. All commands are defined by their patterns eg: "STATus:QUEStionable:EVENt?". |
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| | | Source code is published with open source Simplified BSD license. |
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| | | Command pattern definition |
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| | | A command pattern is defined using the well known command representation from SCPI instruments. A pattern is case insensitive but uses lower and upper case letters to show the short and long form of the command. |
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| | | Pattern "SYSTem" matches strings "SYST", "syst", "SyStEm", "system", ... |
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| | | A command pattern is divided by colon ":" to show command hierarchy |
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| | | Pattern "SYSTem:VERsion?" mathes strings "SYST:version?", "system:ver?", "SYST:VER?", ... |
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| | | The SCPI standard also uses brackets "[]" to define optional parts of a command. |
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| | | Pattern "SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]?" mathes "SYST:ERR?", "system:err?" and also "system:error:next?", ... |
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| | | Command callback |
| | | ----------- |
| | | Command callback is defined as a function with a context parameter, e.g.: |
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| | | ```c |
| | | int DMM_MeasureVoltageDcQ(scpi_context_t * context) |
| | | ``` |
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| | | The "Q" at the end of the function name indicates that this function is a Query function (command with "?"). |
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| | | The command callback can use predefined functions to parse input parameters and to write output. |
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| | | Reading input parameters is done by using the functions `SCPI_ParamInt`, `SCPI_ParamDouble`, `SCPI_ParamString` and `SCPI_ParamNumber`. |
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| | | Writing output is done by using the functions `SCPI_ResultInt`, `SCPI_ResultDouble`, `SCPI_ResultString`, `SCPI_ResultText`. You can write multiple output variables. They are automaticcaly separated by comma ",". |
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| | | Source code organisation |
| | | ------------ |
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| | | Source codes are divided into a few files to provide better portability to other systems. |
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| | | - *libscpi/src/parser.c* - provides the core parser library |
| | | - *libscpi/src/error.c* - provides basic error handling (error queue of the instrument) |
| | | - *libscpi/src/ieee488.c* - provides basic implementation of IEEE488.2 mandatory commands |
| | | - *libscpi/src/minimal.c* - provides basic implementation of SCPI mandatory commands |
| | | - *libscpi/src/utils.c* - provides string handling routines and conversion routines |
| | | - *libscpi/src/units.c* - provides handling of special numners (DEF, MIN, MAX, ...) and units |
| | | - *libscpi/src/fifo.c* - provides basic implementation of error queue FIFO |
| | | - *libscpi/src/debug.c* - provides debug functions |
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| | | - *examples/test-parser* - is the basic non-interactive demo of the parser |
| | | - *examples/test-interactive* - is the basic interactive demo of the parser |
| | | - *examples/test-tcp* - is the basic interactive tcp server (port 5025) |
| | | - *examples/common* - common examples commands |
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| | | Implementation to your instrument |
| | | ------------- |
| | | First of all you need to fill the structure of SCPI command definitions |
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| | | ```c |
| | | scpi_command_t scpi_commands[] = { |
| | | { .pattern = "*IDN?", .callback = SCPI_CoreIdnQ,}, |
| | | { .pattern = "*RST", .callback = SCPI_CoreRst,}, |
| | | { .pattern = "MEASure:VOLTage:DC?", .callback = DMM_MeasureVoltageDcQ,}, |
| | | SCPI_CMD_LIST_END |
| | | }; |
| | | ``` |
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| | | Then you need to initialize the interface callbacks structure. If you don't want to provide some callbacks, just initialize it as `NULL`. The write callback is mandatory and is used to output data from the library. |
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| | | ```c |
| | | scpi_interface_t scpi_interface = { |
| | | .write = myWrite, |
| | | .error = NULL, |
| | | .reset = NULL, /* Called from SCPI_CoreRst */ |
| | | .test = NULL, /* Called from SCPI_CoreTstQ */ |
| | | .control = NULL, |
| | | }; |
| | | ``` |
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| | | An important library component is the command buffer. The maximum size is up to you and should be larger than the largest possible command. |
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| | | ```c |
| | | #define SCPI_INPUT_BUFFER_LENGTH 256 |
| | | static char scpi_input_buffer[SCPI_INPUT_BUFFER_LENGTH]; |
| | | ``` |
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| | | The last structure is the scpi context used in the parser library. |
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| | | ```c |
| | | scpi_t scpi_context = { |
| | | .cmdlist = scpi_commands, |
| | | .buffer = { |
| | | .length = SCPI_INPUT_BUFFER_LENGTH, |
| | | .data = scpi_input_buffer, |
| | | }, |
| | | .interface = &scpi_interface, |
| | | .registers = scpi_regs, |
| | | .units = scpi_units_def, |
| | | .special_numbers = scpi_special_numbers_def, |
| | | }; |
| | | ``` |
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| | | All these structures should be global variables of the C file or allocated by function like malloc. It is a common mistake to create these structures inside a function as local variables of this function. This will not work. If you don't know why, you should read something about [function stack.](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4824342/returning-a-local-variable-from-function-in-c). |
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| | | Now we are ready to initialize SCPI context. It is possible to use more SCPI contexts and share some configurations (command list, registers, units list, error callback...) |
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| | | ```c |
| | | SCPI_Init(&scpi_context); |
| | | ``` |
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| | | A test implementation of function myWrite, which outputs everything to stdout, could be |
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| | | ```c |
| | | size_t myWrite(scpi_t * context, const char * data, size_t len) { |
| | | (void) context; |
| | | return fwrite(data, 1, len, stdout); |
| | | } |
| | | ``` |
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| | | An interactive demo can beimplemented using this loop |
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| | | ```c |
| | | #define SMALL_BUFFER_LEN |
| | | char smbuffer[SMALL_BUFFER_LEN]; |
| | | while(1) { |
| | | fgets(smbuffer, SMALL_BUFFER_LEN, stdin); |
| | | SCPI_Input(&scpi_context, smbuffer, strlen(smbuffer)); |
| | | } |
| | | ``` |
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| | | Implementation of command callback |
| | | ------------- |
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| | | Command callback is defined as a function with return value of type `scpi_result_t` and one parameter - scpi context |
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| | | ```c |
| | | scpi_result_t DMM_MeasureVoltageDcQ(scpi_t * context) |
| | | ``` |
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| | | Command callback should return `SCPI_RES_OK` if everything goes well. |
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| | | You can read command parameters and write command results. There are several functions to do this. |
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| | | Every time you call a function to read a command parameter, it shifts pointers to the next parameter. You can't read specified parameter directly by its index - e.g. |
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| | | ```c |
| | | // pseudocode |
| | | param3 = read_param(3); // this is not possible |
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| | | read_param(); // discard first parameter |
| | | read_param(); // discard second parameter |
| | | param3 = read_param(); // read third parameter |
| | | ``` |
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| | | If you discard some parameters, there is no way to recover them. |
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| | | These are the functions, you can use to read command parameters |
| | | - `SCPI_ParamInt` - read signed 32bit integer value (dec or hex with 0x prefix) |
| | | - `SCPI_ParamDouble` - read double value |
| | | - `SCPI_ParamNumber` - read double value with or without units or represented by special number (DEF, MIN, MAX, ...). This function is more universal then SCPI_ParamDouble. |
| | | - `SCPI_ParamText` - read text value - may be encapsuled in "" |
| | | - `SCPI_ParamString` - read unspecified parameter not encapsulated in "" |
| | | - `SCPI_ParamBool` - read boolean value (ON, OFF, 0, 1) |
| | | - `SCPI_ParamChoice` - read enumeration value eg. (BUS, IMMediate, EXTernal) defined by parameter |
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| | | These are the functions, you can use to write command results |
| | | - `SCPI_ResultInt` - write integer value |
| | | - `SCPI_ResultDouble` - write double value |
| | | - `SCPI_ResultText` - write text value encapsulated in "" |
| | | - `SCPI_ResultString` - directly write string value |
| | | - `SCPI_ResultBool` - write boolean value |
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| | | You can use the function `SCPI_NumberToStr` to convert number with units to textual representation and then use `SCPI_ResultString` to write this to the user. |