Automation1 C API
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The Automation1 C API comes as both a dynamic library for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows as well as a shared object for 64-bit Linux.
These are found under the "Library/Windows/x86", "Library/Windows/x64" and "Library/Linux/x64" folders respectively. Each folder
contains all the library files required to build and run an application. You can find all headers located under the "Include" folder.
You can find project settings and code examples on how to use the C API under the "Examples/C" folder. The examples in that directory
are for Windows only but the source code will be similar on Linux. To run the examples, you will have to manually copy the binaries
found under "Library/Windows/x64" to the example's output directory.
To use the Automation1 C API on Windows:
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The C API for Windows supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
1. Create a new Visual Studio C or C++ project.
2. Update your Visual Studio project with the following:
* Add "Automation1.h" as an include to your project.
* Link to "Automation1C.lib" if your project is 32-bit or "Automation1C64.lib" if your project is 64-bit.
3. Copy the following files to your output directory:
* Copy "Automation1C.dll" if your project is 32-bit or "Automation1C64.dll" if your project is 64-bit.
* Copy "Automation1Compiler.dll" if your project is 32-bit or "Automation1Compiler64.dll" if your project is 64-bit.
4. Include "Automation1.h" at the top of any source file where you plan to use the controller.
5. Connect to the controller using one of the Automation1_Connect() functions.
* You must disconnect from the controller when you are done using it. Failing to do so will result in a memory leak.
* See the Automation1_Disconnect() function for how to disconnect the controller.
To use the Automation1 C API on Linux:
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The C API for Linux supports Debian 10.x. Any Linux distribution that has GCC 8.3.0, GLIBC 2.28, GLIBCXX 3.4.25, libsodium 1.0.17,
or newer versions, may work.
1. Add all headers under "Include" to your project.
2. Link your project to "libautomation1c.so".
3. Include "Automation1.h" at the top of any source file where you plan to use the controller.
4. Connect to the controller using one of the Automation1_Connect() functions.
* You must disconnect from the controller when you are done using it. Failing to do so will result in a memory leak.
* See the Automation1_Disconnect() function for how to disconnect the controller.
5. To run your application on Linux, you'll need to place all shared objects under "Library/Linux/x64" onto the Linux machine
and configure the LD_LIBRARY_PATH to point to that location.
