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lxi_discover(3) C Library Functions lxi_discover(3)

lxi_discover - search for LXI devices on network

#include <lxi.h>

int lxi_discover(lxi_info_t *info, int timeout, lxi_discover_t type);

The lxi_discover() function searches for LXI devices or services on the local network using VXI-11 or mDNS/DNS-SD respectively. Which discover type is used is defined as follows:

typedef enum
{

DISCOVER_VXI11,
DISCOVER_MDNS } lxi_discover_t;

During the discover operation events and results are returned by callbacks registered via the info structure, defined as follows:

typedef struct
{

void (*broadcast)(char *address, char *interface);
void (*device)(char *address, char *id);
void (*service)(char *address, char *id, char *service, int port); } lxi_info_t;

The broadcast callback is called whenever a new network interface is searched (DISCOVER_VXI11 only).

The device callback is called whenever a new LXI device is found (DISCOVER_VXI11 only).

The service callback is called whenever a new LXI service is found (DISCOVER_MDNS only).

The timeout is in milliseconds.

Upon successful completion lxi_discover() returns LXI_OK , or LXI_ERROR if an error occurred.

The following example searches for LXI devices using VXI-11 and prints the ID and IP addresses of found devices:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <lxi.h>
void broadcast(char *address, char *interface)
{

printf("Broadcasting on interface %s\n", interface); } void device(char *address, char *id) {
printf(" Found %s on address %s\n", id, address); } int main() {
lxi_info_t info;
// Initialize LXI library
lxi_init();
// Set up search information callbacks
info.broadcast = &broadcast;
info.device = &device;
printf("Searching for LXI devices - please wait...\n");
// Search for LXI devices, 1 second timeout
lxi_discover(&info, 1000, DISCOVER_VXI11);
return 0; }

lxi_discover_if(3) lxi_init(3) lxi_open(3), lxi_close(3) lxi_receive(3), lxi_disconnect(3),

2022-09-28 liblxi 1.18