Crestron SIMPL PLUS LANGUAGE REF User Manual
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Language Reference Guide
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SIMPL+ Language Reference Guide
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Licensing of SIMPL+ Cross Compiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
What's New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
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Converting from an X-Generation to a 2-Series Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
X-Generation Target and 2-Series Target Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Programming Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Programming Environment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Target Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Edit Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Insert Category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Conventions Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Variable Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Relative Path Names for Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Operators Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Signed vs Unsigned Arithmetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Operator Precedence & Grouping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Numeric Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Task Switching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Task Switching for X-Generation (CNX) Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Task Switching for 2-Series Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Language Constructs & Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Language Constructs & Functions Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Compiler Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
#CRESTRON_LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
#DEFAULT_NONVOLATILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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#DEFAULT_VOLATILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
#DEFINE_CONSTANT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
#HELP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
#HELP_BEGIN … #HELP_END . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
#HINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
#IF_DEFINED … #ENDIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
#SYMBOL_NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
#USER_LIBRARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
#IF_NOT_DEFINED … #ENDIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Declarations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Declarations Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fixed and Variable Size Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ANALOG_INPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
ANALOG_OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8
DIGITAL_INPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
DIGITAL_OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
INTEGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
LONG_INTEGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SIGNED_INTEGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SIGNED_LONG_INTEGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
STRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
STRING_INPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
STRING_OUTPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Nonvolatile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SendMail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
EVENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
PUSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Stacked Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
FOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
WHILE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
CSWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
IF - ELSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
SWITCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
GetLastModifiedArrayIndex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
GetNumArrayCols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
GetNumArrayRows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
SetArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Byte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
RotateLeft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
RotateRight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
RotateLeftLong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
RotateRightLong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Atol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Chr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
ItoA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
ItoHex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
LtoA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
LtoHex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
File Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
File Functions Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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File Function Return Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Reading and Writing Data to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
CheckForDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
EndFileOperations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
FileBOF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
FileClose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
FileDate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
FileDay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
FileDelete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
FileEOF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
FileGetDateNum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
FileGetDayOfWeekNum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
FileGetHourNum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
FileGetMinutesNum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
FileGetMonthNum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
FileGetSecondsNum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
FileGetYearNum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
FILE_INFO Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
FileLength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
FileMonth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
FileOpen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
FileRead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
FileSeek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
FileTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
FindClose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
FindFirst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
FindNext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
GetCurrentDirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
IsDirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
IsHidden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
IsReadOnly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
IsSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
IsVolume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
MakeDirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
ReadInteger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
ReadIntegerArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
ReadLongInteger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
ReadLongIntegerArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
ReadSignedInteger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
ReadSignedIntegerArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
ReadSignedLongIntegerArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
ReadString . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
ReadStringArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
ReadStructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
RemoveDirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
SetCurrentDirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
StartFileOperations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
WaitForNewDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
WriteInteger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
WriteIntegerArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
WriteLongInteger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
WriteSignedInteger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
WriteSignedIntegerArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
WriteSignedLongInteger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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WriteSignedLongIntegerArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
WriteStringArray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
WriteStructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
MIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
MulDiv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
SMAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
SMin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Rnd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
String Concatenation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Gather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
GetC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Len . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Lower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Mid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
REVERSEFIND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
SetString . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Upper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
ProcessLogic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Pulse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
TerminateEvent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
GenerateUserNotice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
GenerateUserWarning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
GenerateUserError . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
CheckForNVRAMDisk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
GETDATENUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
GETDAYOFWEEKNUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
GETHOURNUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
GETHSECONDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
GETMINUTESNUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
GETMONTHNUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
GETSECONDSNUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
GETTICKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
GETYEARNUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
MONTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
SETCLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
SETDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
CancelAllWait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
CancelWait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
PauseAllWait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
PauseWait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
RetimeWait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Wait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Function Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
ByRef, ByVal, ReadOnlyByRef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Returning a Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
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Calling a Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Function Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Example 2: 8-Level switch on a Pesa switcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Example 3: Computing the Number of Days in a Month
(Using Functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Example 4: Computing the Number of Days in a Month
(Using Function Libraries) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Compiler Errors and Warnings Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Syntax Errors (Compiler Errors 1000 to 1013) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Compiler Error 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Compiler Error 1001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Compiler Error 1002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Compiler Error 1003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Compiler Error 1004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Compiler Error 1005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Compiler Error 1006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Compiler Error 1007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Compiler Error 1008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Compiler Error 1009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Compiler Error 1010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Compiler Error 1011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Compiler Error 1012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Compiler Error 1013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Fatal Errors (Compiler Errors 1100 to 1101) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Compiler Error 1100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Compiler Error 1101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Expression Error (Compiler Errors 1200 to 1201) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Compiler Error 1200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Compiler Error 1201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Declaration Errors (Compiler Errors 1300 to 1312) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Compiler Error 1300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Compiler Error 1301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Compiler Error 1302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Compiler Error 1303 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Compiler Error 1304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Compiler Error 1305 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Compiler Error 1306 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Compiler Error 1307 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Compiler Error 1308 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Compiler Error 1309 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Compiler Error 1310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Compiler Error 1311 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Compiler Error 1312 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Compiler Error 1313 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Compiler Error 1314 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Assignment Errors (Compiler Errors 1400 to 1402) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Compiler Error 1400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Compiler Error 1401 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Compiler Error 1402 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Function Argument Errors (Compiler Errors 1500 to 1508) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Compiler Error 1500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
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Compiler Error 1502 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Compiler Error 1503 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Compiler Error 1504 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Compiler Error 1505 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Compiler Error 1506 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Compiler Error 1507 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Compiler Error 1508 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Construct Errors (Compiler Errors 1600 to 1608) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Compiler Error 1600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Compiler Error 1601 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Compiler Error 1602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Compiler Error 1603 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Compiler Error 1604 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Compiler Error 1605 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Compiler Error 1606 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Compiler Error 1607 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Compiler Error 1608 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
File Errors (Compiler Errors 1700 to 1702) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Compiler Error 1700 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Compiler Error 1701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Compiler Error 1702 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Compiler Warnings (Compiler Errors 1800 to 1803) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Compiler Warning 1800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Compiler Warning 1801 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Compiler Warning 1802 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Compiler Warning 1803 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
SIMPL+ Revisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
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System Interfacing - Cresnet and CPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
GetCIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
GetCresnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
GetSlot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
IsSignalDefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
SendCresnetPacket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
SendPacketToCPU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
SetCIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
SetCresnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
SetSlot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
#ANALOG_OUTPUT_JOIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
#DIGITAL_INPUT_JOIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
#DIGITAL_OUTPUT_JOIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
#STRING_INPUT_JOIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
#STRING_OUTPUT_JOIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
CEN-OEM-Specific Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
_OEM_BREAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
_OEM_CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
_OEM_CTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
_OEM_DTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
_OEM_LONG_BREAK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
_OEM_MAX_STRING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
_OEM_PACING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
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Software License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Return and Warranty Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
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_OEM_RTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
_OEM_STR_IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
_OEM_STR_OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
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Introduction
SIMPL+® is a language extension that enhances SIMPL Windows by using a
procedural “C-like” language to code elements of the program that were difficult, or
impossible, with SIMPL alone. This help system provides specific information about
the SIMPL+ language syntax, and can be used as a reference manual.
For a tutorial on SIMPL+ programming, consult the SIMPL+ Programming Guide
(Doc. 5789). The latest version of the guide can be obtained from the Downloads |
Product Manuals section of the Crestron website (www.crestron.com).
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Software Requirements
SIMPL+ has several versions. Earlier versions of SIMPL+ do not contain features
and constructs found in later revisions. Each version of SIMPL+ requires a minimum
revisions of SIMPL Windows and Control System Update (UPZ or, for 2-Series
control systems, CUZ) files. The specifications are listed below.
Software Requirements
SIMPL+ VERSION MINIMUM SIMPL WINDOWS REQUIRED MINIMUM UPZ MINIMUM CUZ
Version 1.00 1.30.01 5.04.11 N/A
Version 2.00 1.40.02 5.10.00 N/A
Version 3.00 2.00 N/A 1.00
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Licensing of SIMPL+ Cross Compiler
Crestron SIMPL+ Cross-Compiler Version 1.1 is simply an Installshield-installed version of the Coldfire GNU C
Compiler, which is available on Crestron's FTP site in the SIMPL Windows directory as directory GNUSOURCE in ftp://
ftp.crestron.com/Simpl_Windows and in the \GNUSource directory of the Programming Tools CD.
It includes and references code that is available from www.cygwin.com/cvs.html
Some files are deleted by the Installshield procedure which are not necessary for general use of the C compiler, in order to
save space on user PCs. But it is an unmodified version of this code. The original executables and the source code for them
can be obtained from the authors at the above sites
The source code has also been gathered underneath a single directory for your convenience and is available on Crestron's
FTP site in the SIMPL Windows directory as directory GNUSOURCE in ftp://ftp.crestron.com/Simpl_Windows and in the
\GNUSource directory of the Programming Tools CD. They also include GNU utilities, which are copyrighted by the Free
Software Foundation.
Other Crestron software simply executes this code as a separate executable, and does not incorporate GNU source code into
Crestron software. Crestron's standard licensing agreement does not apply to this software; only the license described here
applies.
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Refer to the GNU General Public
License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (it is appended to this
document for your convenience); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307, USA.
The text for the license agreement below is also available from www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
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other program whose authors commit to using it. (Some other Free Software Foundation software is covered by the GNU
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work containing the Program or a portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another
language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the term “modification”.) Each licensee is addressed as
“you”.
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act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a
work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on
what the Program does.
1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided
that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty;
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these conditions:
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c) If the modified program normally reads commands interactively when run, you must cause it, when started running for
such interactive use in the most ordinary way, to print or display an announcement including an appropriate copyright
notice and a notice that there is no warranty (or else, saying that you provide a warranty) and that users may redistribute
the program under these conditions, and telling the user how to view a copy of this License. (Exception: if the Program
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itself is interactive but does not normally print such an announcement, your work based on the Program is not required to
print an announcement.)
These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the
Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms,
do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you distribute the same sections as
part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License,
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Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the
intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program.
In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the Program with the Program (or with a work based on the
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under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above provided that you also do one of the following:
a) Accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code, which must be distributed under the
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cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code, to
be distributed under the terms of Sections 1 and 2 above on a medium customarily used for software interchange; or,
c) Accompany it with the information you received as to the offer to distribute corresponding source code. (This alternative
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parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code.
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License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the Program.
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How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
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If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this
is to make it free software that everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest to attach them to the start of each source file to most
effectively convey the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least the “copyright” line and a pointer to where
the full notice is found.
One line to give the program's name and an idea of what it does.
Copyright (C) yyyy name of author
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Refer to the GNU General Public
License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
02111-1307, USA.
Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
If the program is interactive, make it output a short notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
Gnomovision version 69, Copyright (C) year name of author
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Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate parts of the General Public License. Of
course, the commands you use may be called something other than `show w' and `show c'; they could even be mouse-clicks
or menu items--whatever suits your program.
You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or your school, if any, to sign a “copyright disclaimer”
for the program, if necessary. Here is a sample; alter the names:
Yoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright
interest in the program `Gnomovision'
written by James Hacker.
signature of Ty Coon, 1 April 2002
Ty Coon, Vice President
This General Public License does not permit incorporating your program into proprietary programs. If your program is a
subroutine library, you may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the library. If this is what
you want to do, use the GNU Library General Public License instead of this License.
FSF & GNU inquiries & questions to gnu@gnu.org.
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What's New
Converting from an X-Generation to a 2-Series Target
Select 2-Series Target within SIMPL+ environment (From the SIMPL+
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application menu, select Build | 2-Series Control System Target. The XGeneration Target may be deselected if no longer needed).
Recompile the SIMPL+ program.
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X-Generation Target and 2-Series Target Differences
I/O Datatypes (DIGITAL_INPUT, etc.) can no longer be passed to functions as
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arguments.
Global variables can no longer be declared within User or Crestron Libraries.
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If TerminateEvent resides within a Wait Statement Block, it will only exit the
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Wait Statement Block's function scope - NOT the PUSH, CHANGE,
RELEASE or EVENT in which it resides.
The following functions are no longer available in the 2-Series Control System:
GetCIP()
SetCIP()
GetCresnet()
SetCresnet()
GetSlot()
SetSlot()
_OEM functions
#ANALOG_INPUT_JOIN
#ANALOG_OUTPUT_JOIN
#DIGITAL_INPUT_JOIN
#DIGITAL_OUTPUT_JOIN
#STRING_INPUT_JOIN
#STRING_OUTPUT_JOIN
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Programming Environment
Programming Environment Overview
While running SIMPL Windows, select File | New SIMPL+ and the SIMPL+
programming environment appears. This section describes the environment for
SIMPL+ Version 3.00.
The SIMPL+ Module Information template is filled with commented code that makes
it easy to remember the language syntax and structure. Simply locate the necessary
lines, uncomment them, and add the appropriate code. To uncomment a line of code,
either remove the “//” that appears at the start of the line or remove the multi-line
comment indicators /*…*/.
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Target Selection
Target Selection Pulldown Menu
X Generation (CNX) Control Systems consist of the CEN-TVAV, CNMSX-AV/
PRO, and CNRACKX/-DP.
The 2-Series Control Systems currently consist of the AV2, CP2, CP2E, PAC2,
PAC2M, PRO2, and RACK2.
Selecting a target implies that the module MUST work for that target and any
statements that are not valid for that target are NOT permitted. It does NOT mean that
the module won't work for other targets - it may, if it were compiled for other targets
at some future time. More functions and support are available for 2-Series systems,
so do not limit yourself to the X-Generation usages, if they are not needed.
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NOTE: In previous versions of SIMPL+, the settings for the target types were
system-wide. Those settings applied to all SIMPL+ modules that were opened and not
specific to the active module being edited. In version 3.00, the target type setting is
specific only to the active module being edited and saved within that module. The
toolbar buttons reflect the target type of the active module within the SIMPL+
environment.
One or both targets may be selected to compile the program for both types of control
systems. When compiling a program for a specific type of control system, an error
message appears if a wrong control system target is selected that does not support a
particular function or syntax.. Shown below are the two target selection buttons of the
menu toolbar.
Toolbar Target Selection Buttons.
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X-GEN - shortcut to Build | X-Generation Control Systems Target 2 - shortcut to
Build | 2-Series Control Systems Target. (This is the default setting upon opening
SIMPL+.)
NOTE: If a program is compiled for the wrong type of control system, an error
message appears when attempting to upload, and the program must be recompiled.
Edit Preferences
Preferences Toolbar Pull-Down Me nu
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Text Editor Tab
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Font - Used to select font to be used in SIMPL+ Text Editor's main window.
Cursor Positioning, Auto-Indent - When the 'enter' key is pressed, the cursor will
automatically indent to the same initial tab position as in the current line.
To manually indent a block of text, highlight the block and press TAB.
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To manually outdent a block of text, highlight the block and press
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SHIFT and TAB.
If you have manually inserted spaces for tabs, then pressing SHIFT
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TAB will only outdent by only one space.
Cursor Positioning, Allow cursor positioning past end of line - If checked, the
cursor will be allowed to be placed anywhere within the text editor. This includes any
white-space area. Disabling this option will force the cursor to the end of the current
line selected when the cursor is clicked on any white-space past the end of the line.
Tab Size - The number of spaces that equal 1 tab character.
Insert Spaces for tabs - Spaces will be inserted in place of the tab character.
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Target Devices Tab
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Execute SIMPL+ Cross Compiler - After target files are compiled, the cross
compiler can be launched from the SIMPL+ environment. This will enable you to
generate the target file that will be uploaded to the operating system. Normally, the
SIMPL Windows environment will handle this, since it is responsible for uploading
the target file to the operating system.
Display Compile Warnings - When selected, the compiler displays all program
warnings during compile in the compile output window. The total number of
warnings will always be displayed whether this option is selected or not.
Insert Category
Displays a list of all available categories for the symbol tree in the SIMPL Windows
environment. This list is for reference only.
To specify a category for a SIMPL+ module, the #CATEGORY directive must be
used with a category specified in this list. If a category name is typed in that does not
exist in the Symbol Tree Category list, the SIMPL+ module will default to the
category type, Miscellaneous.
Symbol Tree Category List in SIMPL Windows
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Insert #CATEGORY Toolbar Pull-Down Menu in SIMPL+
Symbol Tree Category Pop-Up Window
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General Information
Conventions Used
Variable names are placed in <> when discussing syntax. For example, PUSH
<variable>.
Optional parameters are placed in [ ]. For example, when a list has many parameters,
it would be described as <var1>[, <var2>...] When discussing array notation, [ ] is
used for array subscripting and is not used to mark optional code.
Examples are placed in a Computer Style font, i.e.,
MyVariable = ATOI(SomeOtherVariable);
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Variable Names
Variable names in SIMPL+ may be up to 30 characters long and may not contain any
of the operators specified in the “Operators” section. Valid characters in a variable
name are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, #, _, and $ but may not begin with 0-9.
Variable names may not duplicate existing function or keyword names.
Variable names in SIMPL+ are not case sensitive. For example, declaring a variable
“joe” can be used as “jOe” or “JOE” or any variation of case.
NOTE: Version 3.00.12 users: variable names may be 120 characters for 2-Series
systems.
Comments
It is beneficial to comment code to make it more readable and for documentation.
Comments do not exist in any form after code generation and are not required.
SIMPL+ has two styles of comments, single line and block comments. Single line
comments start with the characters //. The rest of the line (until a carriage return) is
considered a comment. If they occur within a quoted string, such as in PRINT, they
are NOT treated as comment characters, but rather as two backslash (Hex 2F)
characters.
Examples:
PRINT(“Hello, World!\n”); // This stuff is a comment.
PRINT(“hello, // world!\n”); // This stuff is a comment,
// but the string actually
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// printed is hello,
// world.
The second form of comment characters are the block comments. /* starts a block
comment and */ ends a block comment. This is useful for commenting out large
sections of code or writing large sections of documentation. Note that nested
comments are not supported. Also, if /* or */ appear inside of a quoted string such as
in an PRINT statement, they are not considered comments but part of the string.
Examples:
/*
This
is
all
a comment!
*/
PUSH Trig
{
// code that does something.
}
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Relative Path Names for Files
Your current working directory is reset to the default (“\” or root) whenever
“StartFileOperations” is performed. It is changed only by “SetCurrentDirectory”.
File names can consist of full path names or relative path names.
Full path names have the same restrictions as DOS file names in
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characters and format, with a maximum length of 256 characters.
Relative path names do not begin with a “\” and start from the current
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working directory.
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Operators
Operators Overview
SIMPL+ operators perform functions between two or more variables. SIMPL+
operators consist of Arithmetic, Bitwise, and Rational Operators.
Arithmetic Operators
OPERATOR NAME EXA MPLE EXPLANATION
- Negation -X Negate the value of X (2’s Complement of X).
* Multiplication X *Y Multiply X by Y (signed arithmetic).
/ Unsigned Division X / Y Divide X by Y, truncates result (unsigned arithmetic).
S/ Signed Division X S/ Y Divide X by Y, truncates result (signed arithmetic).
MOD Signed Modulo X MOD Y Remainder after dividing X by Y (signed arithmetic).
UMOD Unsigned Modulo X UMOD Y Remainder after dividing X by Y (unsigned arithmetic).
Only 2-Series Systems.
+ Addition X + Y Add the value of Y to X.
- Subtraction X - Y Subtract the value of Y from X.
Bitwise Operators
OPERATOR NAME EXAMPLE EXPLANATION
<< Shift Left X << Y Shift X to the left by Y bits; 0 is Shifted in.
>> Shift Right X >> Y Shift X to the right by Y bits; 0 is Shifted in.
{{ Rotate Left X {{ Y Rotate X to the left by Y bits; full 16 bits used. Same as
RotateLeft().
}} Rotate Right X }} Y Rotate X to the right by Y bits; full 16 bits used. Same as
RotateRight().
NOT 1's Complement NOT(X) Change 0 bits to 1, 1 bits to 0.
& Bitwise AND X & Y AND the bits of X with the bits of Y.
| Bitwise OR X | Y OR the bits of X with the bits of Y.
^ Bitwise XOR X ^ Y XOR the bits of X with the bits of Y.
NOTE: For the Shift and Rotate operators, only the lower 5-bits of Y are used, giving
values of Y ranging from 0 to 31. For example, if Y=600, the lower 5-bits equate to
24. Rotating a 16-bit number through 16 positions gives the original number back.
Therefore, for rotating 24, the result is equivalent to rotating through 8. Shifting
greater than 16 will always give a 0 as a result.
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Relational Operators
OPERATOR NAME EXAMPLE EXPLANATION
= Comparison X = Y True if X is equal to Y, False otherwise.
= Assignment X = Y Assigns the contents in Y to X. The assignment
operator cannot be used within expressions.
! Complement ! X If X = 0, X changes to 1. If X is different from 0,
evaluates to 0.
<> Not Equal To X <> Y X is not equal to Y.
< Unsigned Less Than X < Y X is less than Y (unsigned).
> Unsigned Greater X > Y X is greater than Y (unsigned).
<= Unsigned Less Than or Equal X <= Y X is less or equal to Y (unsigned).
>= Unsigned Greater Than or Equal X >= Y X is greater or equal to Y (unsigned).
S< Signed Less Than X S< Y X is less than Y (signed).
S> Signed Greater Than X S> Y X is greater than Y (signed).
S<= Signed Less Than or Equal X S<= Y X is less or equal to Y (signed).
S>= Signed Greater Than or Equal X S>= Y X is greater or equal to Y (signed).
&& Logical AND X && Y True if X and Y are both non-zero. False
otherwise.
|| Logical OR X || Y True if either X or Y is non-zero. False otherwise.
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All of the above operators, with the exception of the negation (-), NOT, and
complement (!) operators, are called binary operators. Binary operators take two
values, perform an operation, and return a third value as a result. For example, 5 + 6
would return the value of 11. The arguments for a given operator are called its
operands. In the above example, the + sign is the operator and 5 and 6 are the
operands.
The negation, NOT, and complement operators are called unary operators, which
means it takes a single number and performs an operation. In this case, the negation
operator performs a negate, or 2's complement. A 2's complement takes a 16-bit
number, bitwise inverts it, and adds 1. The operand in a negation is the value being
negated. Operands do not have to be simple numbers. They may also be variables or
the results of a function call. For example, in the expression -X, the - sign is the
operator and the variable X is the operand.
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String Operators
OPERATOR NAME EXAMPLE EXPLANATION
= Assignment* A$ = B$ Assigns the value in B$ to A$.
*NOTE: Not allowed in expressions because of possible confusion with comparison .
= Comparison A$ = B$ A$ equal B$
<> Not Equal To A$ <> B$ A$ is not equal to B$
< Less Than A$ < B$ A$ is less than B$
> Greater Than A$ > B$ A$ is greater than B$
For less than and greater than operations, the string is evaluated in ASCII order. For
example, the comparison “ABC” > “ABD” would be false. The system looks
character by character; the first two characters are identical in both strings, and when
it evaluated the characters C (ASCII 67) vs. D (ASCII 68), the result is false. The
comparison “ABC”<“ABCD” is true because a shorter string alphabetically precedes
one that is identical but longer.
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Signed vs Unsigned Arithmetic
ANALOG_INPUT, ANALOG_OUTPUTs, and INTEGER in SIMPL+ are 16-bit
quantities. A 16-bit quantity can range from 0 - 65535 when it is treated without
having a sign (positive or negative). If a 16-bit number is treated as signed in
SIMPL+, the range becomes -32768 to 32767. The range from -32768 to -1 maps into
32768 to 65535. Expressed mathematically, the mapping is 65536 AbsoluteValue(Number). The values are treated differently depending on whether
signed or unsigned comparisons are used. Another way is as follows.
Signed 0 - 32767 32768 - 65535
Unsigned 0 - 32767 -32768 - -1
Assignments may be directly done with negative constants, for example:
INTEGER I, J;
I = -1;
J = 65535;
Results in I being equivalent to J.
Example:
IF (65535 S> 0)
X=0;
ELSE
X=1;
Above, the value of X is set to 1 since in signed arithmetic, 65535 is the same as -1,
which is not greater than 0.
IF (65535 > 0)
X=0;
ELSE
X=1;
Above, the value of X is set to 0 since in unsigned arithmetic, 65535 is greater than 0.
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SOURCE DESTINATION ACTION
INTEGER LONG_INTEGER Lower 2 bytes of destination = source.
Upper 2 bytes cleared.
INTEGER SIGNED_INTEGER The 2 bytes of source moved to destination.
2 byte number now treated as signed.
INTEGER SIGNED_LONG_INTEGER Lower 2 bytes of destination = source.
Upper 2 bytes cleared.
LONG_INTEGER INTEGER Lower 2 bytes of source moved to destination,
treated as unsigned.
LONG_INTEGER SIGNED_INTEGER Lower 2 bytes of source moved to destinatio n,
treated as signed.
LONG_INTEGER SIGNED_LONG_INTEGER The 4 bytes of destination = source, now treated as
signed.
SIGNED_LONG_INTEGER INTEGER Lower 2 bytes of source moved to destination.
SIGNED_LONG_INTEGER SIGNED_INTEGER Lower 2 bytes of source moved to destination.
SIGNED_LONG_INTEGER LONG_INTEGER The 4 bytes of destination = source, now treated as
unsigned.
SIGNED_INTEGER INTEGER Lower 2 bytes of source moved to destination, 2 byte
number now treated as unsigned.
SIGNED_INTEGER LONG_INTEGER 2 byte source is sign extended to 4 bytes
SIGNED_INTEGER SIGNED_LONG_INTEGER 2 byte source is sign extended to 4 bytes
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Operator Precedence & Grouping
In an expression where many operators are present, some operators have “priority”
over others. Operators with the same precedence level are evaluated strictly left to
right. Grouping is used to change the way an expression is evaluated.
Operator Precedence & Grouping
PRECEDENCE LEVEL OPERATORS
1 - (Negate)
2 ! NOT
3* / S/ MOD
4 + 5{{ }}
6 << >>
7 > < >= <= S> S> S>= S<=
8 = <>
9&
10 ^
11 |
12 &&
13 ||
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As an example, the expression:
3+5*6
Evaluates to 33 since the multiplication is performed first. It may be beneficial to use
grouping to show which operations are performed first. Grouping is simply starting
an expression with '(' and ending with ')'. Therefore, the expression 3+5*6 is
equivalent to 3+(5*6). Grouping is very important if you want to override the default
behavior and have one piece of the expression evaluated first. Therefore, to make sure
the + is evaluated first, the expression is written as (3+5)*6, for a result of 48.
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