Comtech EF Data LPOD User Manual
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LPOD C-, X-, or Ku-Band Outdoor Amplifier / Block Up Converter (BUC)
MN-LPOD
Serial-based Remote Product Management
Revision 10
5–18
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)
Enable
Redundancy
Switch Mode
ESW=
1 byte
Command or Query.
Sets or returns the redundancy state in the form x, where:
0 = Off (default value)
1 = 1:1 Redundancy TX (Only TX switch installed)
2 = 1:1 Redundancy TX + RX (TX and RX switch installed)
5 = 1:1 Manual redundancy mode (used for debugging, or redundant system setup)(see Note)
Note: Manual redundancy does not support automatic switching, and the offline unit will not poll the online unit
to update its configuration.
Example: <1/ESW=1’cr’
>0001/ESW=’cr’’lf’
ESW=
ESW?
ESW *
ESW?
ESW=x
Retrieve Firmware
Number
N/A
Query only
Returns the firmware type(s) loaded into the unit in the form FW-AAAAAAA B.B.BB DD/MM/YY, where:
FW-AAAAAAA = the firmware part number
B.B.BB = the version number
DD/MM/YY = Day/Month/Year firmware released
Example:
<1/FRW?’cr’
>0001/FRW=
Boot:
FW-0000082 0.0.1a 04/09/08
Bulk1:
FW-0000078 0.0.1a 04/09/08
FW-0000080 0.0.1a 04/09/08
FW-0000081 0.0.1a 04/09/08
Bulk2:
FW-0000078 0.0.1a 04/09/08
FW-0000080 0.0.1a 04/09/08
FW-0000081 0.0.1a 04/09/08
FRW=
FRW?
FRW={CR}Boot:{CR}
abc{CR}Bulki:{CR}ab
c{CR}abc
(See Description of
Arguments)