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Watchdog Lib API

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WatchDog Support Library.

Macros

#define WATCHDOG_VER_MAJ   1
 Major Library Version.
 
#define WATCHDOG_VER_MIN   0
 Library Subversion.
 
#define WATCHDOG_VER_BUILD   0
 Library Build.
 

Functions

void WatchdogGetLibVersion (DWORD *pVerMaj, DWORD *pVerMin, DWORD *pBuild)
 
BOOL WatchdogInit (void)
 
BOOL WatchdogDeinit (void)
 
BOOL WatchdogRetrigger (DWORD Timeout_ms)
 

Detailed Description

WatchDog Support Library.
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2010 Toradex AG
Author
$Author$
Version
$Rev$
Date
$Date$
Test:
Colibri PXA320, Windows CE 6.0
Target Platforms:
PXAxxx
Caveats:
The watchdog does not work on PXA270 due to bug in the PXA270 CPU.

Macro Definition Documentation

#define WATCHDOG_VER_BUILD   0
Library Build.
#define WATCHDOG_VER_MAJ   1
Major Library Version.
#define WATCHDOG_VER_MIN   0
Library Subversion.

Function Documentation

BOOL WatchdogDeinit(void  ) 
Deactivate watchdog
This is not possible, therefore the function always returns FALSE
Return values
TRUE= success
FALSE= error
void WatchdogGetLibVersion(DWORD * pVerMaj,
  DWORD * pVerMin,
  DWORD * pBuild 
 )  
returns the version of this library
Parameters
[out]pVerMajMain Version of this library
[out]pVerMinSubversion of this library
[out]pBuildBuild Number of this library
BOOL WatchdogInit(void  ) 
Activates the watchdog, and sets the Watchdog timer to the maximum timeout:
2^32 ticks / 3.125MHz = 1'374sec = 23min.
Return values
TRUE= success
FALSE= error
BOOL WatchdogRetrigger(DWORD Timeout_ms) 
Retrigger Watchdog
Parameters
[in]Timeout_msA hardware reset will be done if the Watchdog is not
retriggered within this time [ms]
valid range: 1...1'374'389
Return values
TRUE= success
FALSE= error


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