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5620.1.2 Port Objects
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60Port objects, as returned by <tt class="function">openport()</tt>, have the following
61methods:
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64<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
65 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5054' xml:id='l2h-5054' class="method">closeport</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
66 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
67<dd>
68Close the port.
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73 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5055' xml:id='l2h-5055' class="method">getfd</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
74 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
75<dd>
76Return the file descriptor as an int.
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80<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
81 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5056' xml:id='l2h-5056' class="method">getfilled</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
82 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
83<dd>
84Return the number of filled samples.
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88<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
89 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5057' xml:id='l2h-5057' class="method">getfillable</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
90 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
91<dd>
92Return the number of fillable samples.
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96<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
97 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5058' xml:id='l2h-5058' class="method">readsamps</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
98 <td><var>nsamples</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
99<dd>
100Read a number of samples from the queue, blocking if necessary.
101Return the data as a string containing the raw data, (e.g., 2 bytes per
102sample in big-endian byte order (high byte, low byte) if you have set
103the sample width to 2 bytes).
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108 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5059' xml:id='l2h-5059' class="method">writesamps</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
109 <td><var>samples</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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111Write samples into the queue, blocking if necessary. The samples are
112encoded as described for the <tt class="method">readsamps()</tt> return value.
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117 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5060' xml:id='l2h-5060' class="method">getfillpoint</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
118 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
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120Return the `fill point'.
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124<dl><dt><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr valign="baseline">
125 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5061' xml:id='l2h-5061' class="method">setfillpoint</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
126 <td><var>fillpoint</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
127<dd>
128Set the `fill point'.
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133 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5062' xml:id='l2h-5062' class="method">getconfig</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
134 <td><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
135<dd>
136Return a configuration object containing the current configuration of
137the port.
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142 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5063' xml:id='l2h-5063' class="method">setconfig</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
143 <td><var>config</var>)</td></tr></table></dt>
144<dd>
145Set the configuration from the argument, a configuration object.
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150 <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-5064' xml:id='l2h-5064' class="method">getstatus</tt></b>(</nobr></td>
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153Get status information on last error.
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