Appendix a wdt function reference, A.1 watchdog timer (wdt) function reference, A appendix: wdt function reference – ADLINK MXE-5300 Series User Manual

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WDT Function Reference

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Appendix A WDT Function Reference

A.1 Watchdog Timer (WDT) Function Reference

This appendix describes the usage of the watchdog timer (WDT)
function library for the MXE-5300 controller. Watchdog timer is a
hardware mechanism to reset the system in case the operating
system or an application halts. After starting watchdog timer, you
need to periodically reset the watchdog timer in the application
before the timer expires. Once watchdog timer expires, a hard-
ware-generated signal is sent to reset the system.

To use the WDT function library for MXE-5300, you need to
include the header file WDT.h and linkage library WDT.lib in your
C++ project.

InitWDT

Description

Initializes the watchdog timer function of MXE-5300 controller.
InitWDT must be called before the invocation of any other WDT
function.

Supported controllers

MXE-5300

Syntax

C/C++

BOOL InitWDT()

Parameters

None

Return code

TRUE

if watchdog timer is successfully initialized.

FALSE

if watchdog timer is failed to initialize.

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