/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------

			C O U N T E R
			
	The SICS Interface to a single detector and his associated 
	monitors.
	
        Mark Koennecke, January 1996
        
        copyright: see implementation file.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifndef SICSCOUNTER
#define SICSCOUNTER
#include "countdriv.h"

  typedef struct {
                  pObjectDescriptor pDes;
                  char *name;
                  int isUpToDate;
                  int iExponent;
                  pICountable pCountInt;
                  pCounterDriver pDriv;
                  pICallBack pCall;
                  unsigned long tStart;
                  int iCallbackCounter;
                  int badStatusCount;
                 } Counter, *pCounter;
                 
/*----------------------------- birth & death -----------------------------*/

  pCounter CreateCounter(char *name, pCounterDriver pDriv);
  void     DeleteCounter(void *self);
  int MakeCounter(SConnection *pCon, SicsInterp *pSics, void *pData,
                  int argc, char *argv[]);           
/*------------------------- set/get Parameters ----------------------------*/
  int SetCounterMode(pCounter self, CounterMode eNew);
  CounterMode GetCounterMode(pCounter self);
  
  int SetCounterPreset(pCounter self, float fVal);
  float GetCounterPreset(pCounter self);
  
  long GetCounts(pCounter self, SConnection *pCon);
  long GetMonitor(pCounter self, int iNum, SConnection *pCon);
  int  GetNMonitor(pCounter self);
  int  GetControlMonitor(pCounter self);
  int  SetControlMonitor(pCounter self, int channel);
  void SetMonitorValue(pCounter self, int index, long value);
  float GetCountTime(pCounter self, SConnection *pCon);

  int  DoCount(pCounter self,float fPreset, SConnection *pCon, 
               int iBlock);
  
/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
   the real action: starting and checking is packaged with the 
   ObjectDescriptor.
*/
  
  int CountAction(SConnection *pCon, SicsInterp *pSics, void *pData,
                  int argc, char *argv[]);
                          
#endif