# $Revision: 1.3 $
# $Date: 2006-09-01 04:52:58 $
# Author: Ferdi Franceschini (ffr@ansto.gov.au)
# Last revision by $Author: ffr $

# Open a communications channel to a dmc2280 motor controller
# contName: controller name, eg dmc2280_controller1
# The host and port in the SICS configuration file will be used by default
proc dmc_connect {contName {host ""} {port ""}} {
  upvar #0 $contName controller

  if {$host == ""} {set host $controller(host)}
  if {$port == ""} {set port $controller(port)}

  if [catch {socket $host $port} con] {
    error "Failed to connect to $contName IP($host) port($port)\n\
    $con\n
    Is the motor controller switched on? Are the network cables plugged in?"
  }
  set controller(socket) $con
  fconfigure $controller(socket) -buffering line -translation crlf -blocking true
}

# Send a dmc2280 command
proc dmc_sendCmd {contName cmd} {
  upvar #0 $contName controller
  puts $controller(socket) $cmd
  set status [read $controller(socket) 1]
  if {$status == "?"} {
    puts $controller(socket) "TC 1"
    set status [read $controller(socket) 1]
    if {$status == "?"} {
      error "error: dmc command $cmd failed"
    } else {
      set dmcError [dmc_receive $controller(socket)]
      set errInfo "DM2280 controller $contName
      host $controller(host)
      port $controller(port)"
      error "DMC2280 ERROR $dmcError: when running command $cmd\n$errInfo"
    }
  } else {
    return $status
  }
}

# Receive a dmc2280 command
proc dmc_receive {contName} {
  upvar #0 $contName controller
  gets $controller(socket) line
  # Consume the following colon
  read $controller(socket) 1
  return $line
}