Owning Palette: Protocols VIs and Functions
Use the IrDA VIs and functions to establish a wireless communication link between VIs running on separate computers or PDA targets.
| Palette Object | Description |
|---|---|
| IrDA Close Connection | Closes the open infrared connection to the IrDA device specified by connection ID. |
| IrDA Create Listener | Creates a listener for an IrDA connection on a wireless network using the service name and returns listener ID. |
| IrDA Discover | Finds any IrDA-enabled devices within a detectable wireless boundary and returns the ID and name of each device and the number of devices detected. |
| IrDA Open Connection | Opens an infrared connection to another IrDA-enabled device. |
| IrDA Read | Reads the number of bytes specified in bytes to read from the IrDA connection specified in the connection ID. |
| IrDA Wait On Listener | Waits for the designated IrDA listener to accept an IrDA network connection. |
| IrDA Write | Sends string data to the IrDA connection specified by connection ID. |
| PDA Beam Receive | Retrieves a data packet sent by a remote IrDA device. |
| PDA Beam Send | Sends a data packet in the form of a byte stream to a remote IrDA device. |
| PDA IrDA IrLMP | Changes the IrDA connection mode to IrDA IrLMP mode, which allows a Palm OS device to connect to and communicate with another Palm OS device using the IrLMP protocol. |