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Ivi_SpecificDriverSession

IVI Compliance Package

Ivi_SpecificDriverSession

Usage

ViSession Ivi_SpecificDriverSession (ViSession vi);

Purpose

This function returns the IVI session of the specific driver that was created during class driver initialization.

Class drivers must use this value for the driver session parameter when dispatching calls to the specific driver.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
vi ViSession The ViSession handle that you obtain from Ivi_SpecificDriverNew. The handle identifies a particular IVI session.

Return Value

Contains the status code that the function call returns. IVI engine functions can return error and warning values from several sets of status codes. Some status codes are unique to the IVI engine. Other status codes are the same codes that VISA Library functions return. Still others are error or warning values that functions in specific instrument drivers return. Each set of status codes has its own numeric range.

Regardless of the source of the status code, 0 always indicates success, a positive value indicates a warning, and a negative value indicates an error.

Related Topic

IVI Status Codes