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11<h1 align="left">MB_StartParentFromIdle <IMG src="../../image/NTR.gif" width="24" height="12" border="0" align=middle><IMG src="../../image/TWL.gif" width="24" height="12" border="0" align=middle></h1>
12<h2>Syntax</h2>
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15<CODE>#include &lt;nitro/mb.h&gt;</CODE><BR>
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17  <CODE>int MB_StartParentFromIdle(int channel);</CODE><br>
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21<h2>Arguments</h2>
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26      <TD width="13%"><EM><STRONG>channel</STRONG></EM></TD>
27      <TD width="87%">The channel on which the parent communicates.</TD>
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32<h2>Return Values</h2>
33<p>Returns MB_SUCCESS if the start process completes successfully.</p>
34<H2>Description</H2>
35<P>This function starts a parent operation on the specified channel. Parent processing is run automatically and internally, and ends when the <CODE><A href="../common/MB_EndToIdle.html">MB_EndToIdle()</A></CODE> function is called.<BR>When the initialization is complete, the argument <SPAN class="argument">status</SPAN> is returned with the value of <code>MB_COMM_PSTATE_INIT_COMPLETE</code> as a callback of the <CODE><A href="./MB_CommSetParentStateCallback.html">MB_CommSetParentStateCallback</A></CODE> function. <BR>
36<h2>Internal Operation</h2>
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38<font color="#800000">This function must be called with the wireless library in the <a href="../../wm/wm/wm_state_diagram.html">IDLE state</a>. Also note that a corresponding call to the <CODE><A href="../common/MB_EndToIdle.html">MB_EndToIdle</A></CODE> function is required to shut down the library.</font><br> <br>Use the <a href="../parent/MB_StartParent.html"><code>MB_StartParent</code></a> function to run processes with the wireless library in the <a href="../../wm/wm/wm_state_diagram.html">pre-initialization state</a>.</p>
39<h2>See Also</h2>
40<p><code><a href="../common/MB_Init.html">MB_Init</a><BR> <a href="../common/MB_EndToIdle.html">MB_EndToIdle</a><BR> <a href="../common/MB_End.html">MB_End</a><BR> <a href="../parent/MB_StartParent.html">MB_StartParent</a><BR> <a href="MB_CommSetParentStateCallback.html">MB_CommSetParentStateCallback</a></code></P>
41<H2>Revision History</H2>
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432004/10/24 Initial version.
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