libvas.a: MiniVas Programming Library

Introduction

Procedure

1. Call initmvas(portname) to initialize the serial communications with the MiniVas. portname is the character string of the seri connected to, (/dev/ttyd1 at ER&E).
2. Call progmvas(start,framesper) to set the starting frame for recording, and the number of video frames to record per each subsequent call to record(&cframe). Both arguments to progmvas are integers (in C, not pointers to integers). The argument cframe to record is a pointer to an integer.
3. For each rendered scene in the animation, call record(&cframe) to record that scene as a video frame. Depending on the framesper variable used in the call to progmvas, the number of video frames recorded will vary. The argument &cframe is set to the current video frame upon completion of the record routine.