x_simple.c

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#include <stdio.h> //printf()
#include <stdlib.h> //exit()
 
#include "gclibo.h" //by including the open-source header, all other headers are pulled in.
 
GCon g = 0; //var used to refer to a unique connection
 
//check return code from most gclib calls
void check(GReturn rc)
{
  if (rc != G_NO_ERROR)
  {
    printf("ERROR: %d", rc);
    if (g)
      GClose(g);
    exit (rc);
  }
}
 
int main()
{
  char buf[1024]; //traffic buffer
 
  check(GVersion(buf, sizeof(buf)));
  printf("version: %s\n", buf); //Print the library version
 
  check(GOpen("192.168.0.43", &g)); //Open a connection to Galil, store the identifier in g.
  
  check(GInfo(g, buf, sizeof(buf)));
  printf("info: %s\n", buf); //Print the connection info
  
  check(GCommand(g, "MG TIME", buf, sizeof(buf), 0)); //Send MG TIME. Because response is ASCII, don't care about bytes read.
  printf("response: %s\n", buf); //Print the response
  
  if (g) //don't call close on a nullptr
    GClose(g); //Don't forget to close!
  
  return G_NO_ERROR;
}