Comtech EF Data SPOD PS 1, PS 1.5, and PS 2 C-, X-, or Ku-Band - Manual (Page 124)

SPOD C-, X-, or Ku-Band Outdoor Amplifier MN-SPODPSX
Serial-based Remote Product Management Revision 1
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Parameter Type
Command
(Instruction
Code and
Qualifier)
Arguments
for Command
or Response
to Query
Description of Arguments
(Note that all arguments are printable ASCII characters)
Response to
Command
(Target to
Controller)
Query
(Instruction
Code and
Qualifier)
Response to Query
(Target to
Controller)
Temperature N/A 5 bytes Query only.
Returns the temperatures of the Heatsink in the form of sxxxx, where:
s = sign (+) or (-)
xxxx = temperature.
Example: <1/TMP=+26.0
TMP= TMP? TMP=sxxxx
(See Description of
Arguments)
Retrieve Number
of Unread Stored
Alarms E
N/A 2 bytes Query only.
Returns the number of stored alarms that remain unread in the alarm log, in the form xx. A maximum of 255
events may be stored in the alarm log. Numbers over 99 are reported as 99.
Example reply: <1/TNA? ’cr’
>0001/TNA=14’cr’’lf’
TNA= TNA? TNA=xx
(See Description of
Arguments)
Retrieve Number
of Unread Stored
Events
N/A 2 bytes,
numerical
Query Only.
Returns the number of stored events that remain unread in the events logs, in the form xx.
Example: <1/TNE? ’cr’
>0001/TNE=18’cr’’lf’
TNE= TNE? TNE=xx
(See Description of
Arguments)
Time Protocol
Enable
TPE= 1 byte,
numerical
Command or Query.
Sets or returns the Time Protocol setting in the form x, where:
0 = Time protocol disabled
1 = Time protocol enabled
Example (Time protocol enabled): <1/TPE=1’cr’
TPE=
TPE?
TPE? TPE=x
(See Description of
Arguments)
Time Protocol
Server
TPS= 15 bytes,
alpha-numeric
Command or Query.
Sets or returns the Time Server IP address for the Unit Tx Ethernet management port, in the form
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Default value: 255.255.255.255
Example: <1/TPS=192.168.001.005
TPS=
TPS?
TPS? TPS=
xx.xxx.xxx.xxx.yy
(See Description of
Arguments)
Terminal Status
Change
N/A 1 byte Query only.
Indicates if there has been a change in the configuration since the last time a command was issued, in the form
x, where:
0 = no status change
1 = there has been a status change.
A status change is defined as any time a parameter is changed, such as when command that changes a value is
successfully executed. A status change also results when there is a redundant switchover, or a fault condition.
A query does not set the status change flag. The status change flag is cleared after being read.
Example: <1/TSC?’cr’
>0001/TSC=0’cr’’lf’
TSC= TSC? TSC=x
(See Description of
Arguments)