niFgen_GetExtCalLastDateAndTime

NI-FGEN C Function

niFgen_GetExtCalLastDateAndTime

ViStatus niFgen_GetExtCalLastDateAndTime (ViSession vi, ViInt32* year, ViInt32* month, ViInt32* day, ViInt32* hour, ViInt32* minute);

Purpose

Returns the date and time of the last successful external calibration. The time returned is 24-hour (military) local time; for example, if the device was calibrated at 2:30 PM, this function returns 14 for the hours parameter and 30 for the minutes parameter.

Parameters

Input
Name Type Description
vi ViSession Identifies your instrument session. vi is obtained from the niFgen_init or the niFgen_InitExtCal function and identifies a particular instrument session.
Output
Name Type Description
year ViInt32* Specifies the year of the last successful calibration.
month ViInt32* Specifies the month of the last successful calibration.
day ViInt32* Specifies the day of the last successful calibration.
hour ViInt32* Specifies the hour of the last successful calibration.
minute ViInt32* Specifies the minute of the last successful calibration.

Return Value

Name Type Description
Status ViStatus Returns the status code of this operation. The status code either indicates success or describes an error or warning condition. You can examine the status code from each call to an NI-FGEN function to determine if an error occurred. To obtain a text description of the status code, call the niFgen_error_message function. To obtain additional information about the error condition, call the niFgen_GetError function. To clear the error information from NI-FGEN, call the niFgen_ClearError function.

The general meaning of the status code is as follows:

Value Meaning
0 Success
Positive Values Warnings
Negative Values Errors