Tasks

Like buffered I/O, the task functions read or write multiple samples from or to the HIL hardware. However, the task functions perform their operations asynchronously as a separate "task". Tasks may be regarded as separate "threads" that run in the background. The user can create a task, start and stop the task, and read data from or write data to the task, or even do both at once.

There are three kinds of tasks:

• reader tasks
• writer tasks
• reader-writer tasks

Each kind of task has its own set of functions, as described in the pages referenced above. However, there are also functions common to all tasks. These common functions allow a task to be started, stopped and deleted. A task that has been stopped may be started again. A task that has been deleted can no longer be used.

The common task functions are:

• hil_task_start
• hil_task_flush
• hil_task_stop
• hil_task_stop_all
• hil_task_delete
• hil_task_delete_all

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