# NMS_V5StartInterface

Starts a provisioned interface.

#### Prototype

NMS_V5_RESULT_T NMS_V5StartInterface ( NMS_GR303_INTERFACE_ID_T interfaceId)

Argument | Description
interfaceId | Interface ID of a provisioned interface.

#### Return values

Return value | Description
NMSV5_SUCCESS |
NMSV5_INTERNAL_FAILURE | Internal failure. Refer to the trace log for more information.
NMSV5_INVALID_INTERFACE_ID | Specified interface is not provisioned.
NMSV5_INVALID_STATE | Specified interface is already started.
NMSV5_NOT_INITIALIZED | NMS V5 library was not initialized with NMS_V5Initialize.

#### Details

NMS_V5StartInterface enables a specified interface. Applications must call NMS_V5Initialize and NMS_V5ProvisionInterface before calling NMS_V5StartInterface.

After an application calls NMS_V5StartInterface, the V5 library returns receive and transmit HDLC channel statistics reports by means of channel_callback functions and E1 link status reports by means of e1_status_callback functions.

#### See also

NMS_V5StopInterface

#### Example

void StartInterface( void )
{
NMS_V5_RESULT_T NmsResult;
DWORD InterfaceId;
printf("NMS_V5StartInterface:\n");
/* Get parameters */
promptdw_nodft("Enter InterfaceId", &InterfaceId);
NmsResult = NMS_V5StartInterface( InterfaceId );
printf ("NMS_V5StartInterface:
Result=%s\n",PRINT_RESULT(NmsResult));
}