ADLINK ACL-8112 Series User Manual
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• C Language Library
7.1 _8112_Initial
Description
All ACL-8112 cards are initialized according to its card number and its 
corresponding base address. Every ACL-8112 Multi-Function Data 
Acquisition Card must be initialized using this function before any other 
function calls are permitted. 
Syntax
int _8112_Initial(int card_number, int type, int
base_addresss )
int _8112pg_Initial(int card_number, int
base_addresss )
Argument:
card_number:
the card number to be initialized, only 
two cards can be initialized, the card 
number must be CARD_1 or CARD_2. 
Type :there are 4 different types of ACL-8112
cards, they are:
A8112B_HG: 8112 High Gain card Ver. B
A8112B_DG: 8112 Low Gain card Ver. B
A8112C_HG: 8112 High Gain card Ver. C
A8112C_DG: 8112 Low Gain card Ver. C
Note: the difference between Ver.B and 
Ver.C is the Multi-Scan Register. The 
control code for each version is 
slight different. For details, please 
refer to the hardware manual for the 
specific ACL-8112 card. 
base_address: the I/O port base address of the card
is set at 220 Hex default.
Return Code:
ERR_NoError 
ERR_InvalidBoardNumber 
ERR_BaseAddressError