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I received a CD from F&S and a PicoMod1. The correct file name on the CD is: "NetDCU_DeviceDriver.pdf". But it is under the folder "NetDCU". and under the folder "German", there is no german description.
Sorry, my mistake. I hadn't realized that it was for the PicoMOD1. Then the correct file is PicoMOD1_DeviceDriver_eng.pdf
As the PicoMOD1 has more I/O pins than the standard NetDCUs, there is in fact a difference when using them. Mr. Zutter already explained that.
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I program in VB.NET and all examples are in C++.
Yes, this is a big problem. The .NET languages are getting more and more popular, but the drivers provide their interface in C only. However as all drivers use the file interface (CreateFile(), ReadFile(), WriteFile(), SetFilePointer(), DeviceIoControl(), CloseHandle()), using a .NET language you have two ways of accessing them:
- Use the .NET file functions. They'll go down to the basic C interface in the end anyway.
- Write your own wrapper functions to call the C file functions from coredll directly.
It is very difficult to provide all documents in all languages and for all programming environments. For example if we have one document for C/C++, one for C#, one for VB, and then each of them at least in German and English, this is quite a lot to do.
Therefore our main goal is to provide the English documentation and the C interface as a minimum. English is understood by most software people and this is also the reason why we prefer English here in the forum. And when the C interface is known, you can usually transfer the call to .NET somehow rather easily.
Best regards,
H. Keller