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Return value

Function / Property name

Parameter

long

ScEnableHeadSelect()

int Enable

long

ScSCIEnableHeadSelect()

int Enable

Table 62: EnableHeadSelect

This function enables head selection in the case of multiple cards. If only one card is available, 0 has to be passed as parameter. This value has to be set during initialization.


Return value

Function / Property name

Parameter

long

ScGetCurrentHead

long *HeadId

long

ScSCIGetCurrentHead()

long *HeadId

Table 63: GetCurrentHead

This function returns the ID of the currently selected head. It can be used in multihead-multicard applications.

Return value

Function / Property name

Parameter

long

ScSetCurrentHead()

long HeadId

long

ScSCISetCurrentHead()

long HeadId

Table 64: SetCurrentHead

This function is important for multicard/multihead applications, it selects the current primary head to be used for marking.


Return value

Function / Property name

Parameter

long

ScGetEnableHead

long *Enable

long

ScSCIGetEnableHead()

long *Value

Table 65: GetEnableHead

Returns the enabled status of the currently selected  head. 1 is enabled, 0 is disabled.

Return value

Function / Property name

Parameter

long

ScSetEnableHead()

long Enable

long

ScSCISetEnableHead()

long Value

Table 66: SetEnableHead

If the parameter Enable is set to 1 the currently selected card/head is enabled, if it is set to 0, it is disabled. A head has to be enabled before marking or movement can be started.


Return value

Function / Property name

Parameter

long

ScGetHeadCount()

long *Count

long

ScSCIGetHeadCount()

unsigned long *Count

Table 67: GetHeadCount

This property returns the number of configured cards. In single head application the value is always 1.

Return value

Function / Property name

Parameter

long

ScSetHeadCount()

long Count

long

ScSCISetHeadCount()

unsigned long Count

Table 68: SetHeadCount

This function selects the number of heads used in an application. In the case of a single head application the parameter Count needs to be 1.