Overview; Installation - Quantum Data 881 User Manual

Overview

Installation

126 Chapter 15 Script SDK
The Quantum Data Software Development Kit (SDK) provides Application Programming
Interfaces (APIs) for two categories of automation: 1) custom images (Image SDK) and 2)
executable scripts (ScriptSDK). Both of these SDKs use the C++ programming language.
The Script SDK API provides a programming interface for executing any set of commands
in the 880 series command language. Additional functions allow for program control, user
input/output, and debugging. ScriptSDK is a much more powerful alternative to the test
sequence feature in the 881/882 generators. By providing full access to the 880 series
command language, ScriptSDK allows for a broad range of control and functionality in
executable scripts that reside within the generator. The executable program scripts can be
executed via the ScriptSDK selection in the 882's TOOLS menu.
The entire ScriptSDK system includes components that reside on the personal computer
(PC) and components that reside in the Quantum Data 881/882 generator. The PC
components include:
• C++ compiler
• Libraries
• Header files
• Examples
• Templates
• Graphical User Interface
These are automatically downloaded from the Quantum Data website and installed on the
PC the first time the Quantum Data SDK is run. The graphical user interface (GUI)
program includes the text editor and menus to compile programs and load the executable
object files into the generator. The GUI is a Java application that is loaded from the
881/882 generator each time the Quantum Data SDK is run.
The other components of this system lie within the embedded firmware in the Quantum
Data 881/882 generator. This includes the Scriptrunner functionality for running the
executable program scripts, as well as the proper linkages to allow the custom images to
load.
The Quantum Data SDK can be accessed from the generator's home page beginning with
firmware version 2.18.0. It is implemented as a Java application, and the Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) is required on the host computer. JRE version 5 is recommended.