Synopsis #

Header: fxcg/system.h
Syscall index: 0x08D9
Function signature: int Timer_Install(int InternalTimerID, void (*handler)(void), int elapse)

Installs a timer, optionally at a specific slot, which will run periodically at a given frequency.

Parameters #

• InternalTimerID - slot to install the timer on. If 0, the system will automatically choose a free user timer slot - this is the recommended operation mode. For more information on the slots see Timers.
• handler - pointer to function that will run periodically. This function should not take a long time to return, and must not call any direct-display (DD) syscall, as these are not reentrant.
• elapse - time, in milliseconds, between each call to handler.

Returns #

The number of the slot where the timer is installed. This is the number that should be used as parameter to other timer syscalls. If the specified InternalTimerID is already installed, this function will return -1.

Comments #

The timer is not started by default. Use Timer_Start to begin running it.

Note that the actual precision of the timer is not in milliseconds, it appears to run at 25Hz. Time from 0-31ms is 1 tick, the assuming every 40 milliseconds afterwards is an additional tick.