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Command message structure, Response message structure – Comtech EF Data KP-10 User Manual

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3.1.4 C

OMMAND

M

ESSAGE

S

TRUCTURE

The valid message structure varies according to whether the message is a command or a
response

.

The command message structure is as follows:

Example:

Start
Character

Device
Address

Command and
Parameter

End
Character

< add/

DCF_nnnn.n

'cr']

Replace 'add' with the valid device address, or
use the KP-10 global address of '*' (for a
single-system RFT only).

Command =
DCF_

Parameter =
nnnn.n

carriage return
and end bracket

3.1.5 R

ESPONSE

M

ESSAGE

S

TRUCTURE

The response message structure is as follows:

Example: >add/DCF_nnnn.n'cr''lf']

Start
Character

Device
Address

Command, Parameter and
Response

End
Character

> add/

DCF_nnnn.n'cr''lf'

]

'add' is replaced by the valid device
address, or the KP-10 global address of '*'
(for a single-system RFT only)

Command = DCF_

Parameter = nnnn.n

Response = 'lf'

End bracket

Replace parameter markers (such as “add”) with appropriate values. For more
information about specific parameter values, refer to the “Remote Control Operation”
section in the installation and operation manual for the appropriate Comtech EF Data
CST or KST terminal system.

Note: “add” is a parameter marker that must be replaced with a valid 1 to 3 character device

address in the range of 1 through 255, or the KP-10 global address of “*”.