Main Sections

MX Foundation documentation includes the following sections:

Installation This section describes MX Foundation installation for Windows, Linux and OSX.

Command Line Tools This section describes MX Foundation host and embedded command line tools.

Getting Started This section describes MX Foundation basic concepts.

Time and synchronization This section describes the timing aspects of MX Foundation including: concepts and usage of message time tags, I/O time correlation, device and computer and IRIG-B timebase, and synchronization signal chaining.

Client / Server This section describes MX Foundation client/server programming and server configuration.

Devices This section describes all devices supported by MXF4.

Device Management This section describes MX Foundation device management functions including device information and sensors.

Device Self-Tests This section describes MX Foundation device self-test functions including device I/O, components and databus port self-tests.

Embedded Programming This section describes MX Foundation embedded programming including: informations about MAX Technologies real-time embedded Linux architecture, host/device communication, and the development tool-chain with many examples.

Avionics Databuses This section describes MX Foundation programming for various avionic data buses including: ARINC 429, ARINC 629, ARINC 708, ARINC 717, CSDB, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 664, ASCB and HFCE.

Serial Async This section describes MX Foundation programming for serial Async RS-422/485.

CAN This section describes MX Foundation programming for CAN.

HDLC/SDLC This section describes MX Foundation programming for HDLC/SLDC.

Analog IO This section describes MX Foundation programming of analog I/O.

Discrete IO This section describes MX Foundation programming of discrete I/O.

Code Migration This section describes the main differences between MXF 3 and MXF 4 and includes a table reference with MXF 3 functions and corresponding MXF 4 functions to help migrate an existing application from MXF 3 to MXF 4.

Errors and Warnings This section lists all MX Foundation error and warning codes.

FAQ This section is a compilation of the most frequently asked questions.

Reference Sections

MX Foundation includes the following reference sections: