3.1.6 PAL_TimerStart Function

PAL_Status_t PAL_TimerStart(TimerId_t timerId,
uint32_t timerCount,
TimeoutType_t timeoutType,
void * timerCb,
void *paramCb,
CallbackType_t callbackType)

Start regular timer

This function starts a regular timer and installs the corresponding callback function handle the timeout event

PAL_Init() should have been called before calling this function. PAL_TimerGetId() routine should be called to get the timer Id before starting it

PAL_TMR_INVALID_ID - if the timer identifier is undefined

PAL_INVALID_PARAMETER - if the callback function for this timer is NULL, PAL_TMR_ALREADY_RUNNING - if the timer is already running

PAL_SUCCESS - if timer is started or

PAL_TMR_INVALID_TIMEOUT - if timeout is not within timeout

PAL_Status_t retVal = PAL_FAILURE;
TimerId_t appTimer;

static void AppTimerCallback(void *paramCb)
{
    //Toggle LED
}

//Get the Id for the sotware timer instance
PAL_TimerGetId(&appTimer);

if (PAL_SUCCESS == PAL_TimerStart(appTimer,
5000,
TIMEOUT_RELATIVE,
(void *)AppTimerCallback,
NULL, CALLBACK_SINGLE))
{
    //Timer Started
    //ToggleLED
}

Starting PAL_Timer before getting the Id of timer will lead to unpredicted behaviour