OpenAduDevice

This functions searches for any ADU device attached to the computer. The function opens the first ADU device that it encounters and passes back a handle to it.

The handle value must be retained by the calling program and used with all subsequent ReadAduDevice, WriteAduDevice and CloseAduDevice function calls.

Note that "first" in this context does not necessarily reflect the order that the devices were plugged in. "First" means the first one encountered in the internal list maintained by the Windows operating system.

If more than 1 ADU device is connected to the personal computer then use OpenAduDeviceByProductId or OpenAduDeviceBySerialNumber instead of OpenAduDevice.

C Declaration:

void * __stdcall OpenAduDevice(unsigned long iTimeout);

Visual Basic Declaration:

Declare Function OpenAduDevice Lib "AduHid.DLL" _
(ByVal iTimeout As Long) As Long

Arguments:

Any non-zero iTimeout value will enable timeout handling. The actual timeout period is passed into the ReadAduDevice and WriteAduDevice function calls.

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