Cascade Driver for Hilscher Fieldbus CIF Cards: Version 4.1
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# cardDescribe

cardDescribe -- summarizes the process I/O data buffers available.

## Synopsis

    (cardDescribe)

## Parameters

none

## Returns

        (cardDescribe Num_cards
        (card_id1 nuM_buffers1 size_buffer1,1 ... size_buffer1,M) ...
        (card_idN nuM_buffersN size_bufferN,N ... size_bufferN,M) )

## Description

This command provides a summary of the process I/O data buffers available for each card. Note that the buffer sizes reported are the maximum card buffer sizes; normally only a portion of the buffer data is exchanged between the card and the driver (see the activeLength command).

## Example

In the following example,

        (cardDescribe)

returns

        (cardDecribe 3 (0 2 512 512) (1 2 3508 3508) (2 2 512 512) )

indicating the systems has 3 cards initialized: a 2K, an 8K, and another 2K card.

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