Automation Macro Interpreter (AMI)

A script language for the operating systems Linux, UNIX and WINDOWS (NT, 2000, XP, 7)

Projectmanager Dr. Gerd Küveler, Dipl.-Ing. Axel Zuber

Keywords: script language, procedure language, automation, data acquisition and control,

                    TCP/IP, parameter transfer, pipe, CGI, UNIX, Linux, Windows, error message,

                    C-like, loops, if-elseif-else, test function.

What is AMI?

AMI means Automation Macro Interpreter and is a 'C'-like script language for the operating systems Windows and UNIX/Linux.
The language contains statements of its own and supports commands to the shell in wait and no-wait mode with parameter passing.
The main application area of AMI is to automate procedures of data acquisition and control. AMI needs no special installation.
Only the executable program ami (UNIX/Linux) or ami.exe (Windows) and the help file amiunix.hlp or amiwin.hlp are required.
You may download this files together with some short examples of AMI scripts (*.ami) from the present web page.

 
Some properties of AMI

• Start an AMI script <macro.ami> by input of ami  <macroname> <parameters>.
• Input of ami -? shows a short but complete description of AMI.
• $[1-10] mark the external parameters which are passed to the AMI script from the shell.
• It is possible to start an AMI-script via internet browser. The transfer of parameters via CGI-interface will be supported.
• AMI-variables must be declared. Valid data types are string, int, float, complex, date and time.
• There are many functions for changing of data types.
• AMI has C-like loop- and-if-structures which may be nested.
• AMI has the arithmetic operators +, -, *,  /,  %, ^ (power), the relational operators >, >=, <, <=, ==, != and the logical operators &&, ||.
  
• AMI has the usual mathematical functions.
• AMI has a UNIX-like test-function in order to test properties of files and strings.
• AMI is able to start programs via shell in wait and no-wait(parallel) mode with parameter passing.
• AMI supports pipes in order to return result-strings from a called process.
• AMI has a client in order to send commands via TCP/IP to a remote process and to receive confirmation of operation as a string.
• AMI returns a message in case of an error.

 
Note: AMI may only be used free of charge for non commercial purposes.

           Alternatively contact one of the project managers.

 
Download AMI for UNIX/Linux

Download AMI for Windows (XP, NT, 2000)

Download LabVIEW Runtime Engine (necessary to run the script pardemo.ami)    for Windows    for Linux

Download Perl script ami.pl and example cgitest.ami