Cobalt Digital COMPASS 9284 3G_HD_SD-SDI 8X4 Video Routing Switch - Manual (Page 15)

9284-OM (V1.3) 9284 PRODUCT MANUAL 1-11
Introduction
9284 Functional Description
“I”: Capabilities Inquiry
The command “ I ” requests that command capability information be returned
to the host. The information is sent as a string of characters. The first
characters are a space followed by “
I ”, the next characters are the letters of the
commands that are implemented and available in this router, and the last
character is “
~ ” (tilde). Do not count on the characters being in any specific
order. Search all characters for a particular one.
All routing switchers implement the I, L, S, Q, and X commands.
For example, the command:
**I!!
might return the following string:
** ILSX~ OK !!
indicating that the router supports the I, L, S, and X commands from the host.
“Q”: Model Name and Software Version Inquiry
The command “ Q ” requests that the router model name and software version
number string be returned to the host. The information is sent as a string of
characters. The first characters are a space followed by “
Q ”, the next
characters are the router model name, terminated by a “ ~ ” (tilde).
Following this are the characters of the software version number string, again
terminated by a “
~ ” (tilde).
For example, the command:
**Q!!
From Syntax Description
Host I Ask router to send a list of
commands that are available
Router ![B][C][D][F][G][H][K][L][M][N][O][P][Q][R][S][T][U][V][W][X][W][Z]– Available commands (contents in
brackets is optional depending on
router)
From Syntax Description
Host Q Ask router to send the model name
string and software version number
string.
Router Qmodel~version~ Router Model name string and
software version number string.