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MBT-4000B Multi-band Transceiver System

Revision 1

Serial-based Remote Product Management

MN/MBT4000B.IOM

6–8

Parameter

Type

Command

(Instruction Code

and qualifier)

Valid on

MBT or

BUC/BDC

Arguments for

Command or

Response to

Query

Description of Arguments

(Note that all arguments are ASCII numeric codes – i.e., ASCII codes

between 48 and 57)

Response to Command

(Target to Controller)

Query

(Instruction

Code and

qualifier)

Response to

Query

(Target to

Controller)

Automatic Fault

Recovery State

AFR=x

All

1 byte

Command or Query.

Sets or returns Automatic Fault Recovery on a BUC in the form x, where:

x=0 (Disabled) or 1 (Enabled)

Example: AFR=1

AFR=

AFR?

AFR*

AFR?

AFR=x

(same format as

command

arguments)

Attenuation

ATT=xx.xx

BUC

5 bytes,

numeric

Command or Query.

Sets or returns a valid attenuation level, in dB, at 0.25dB step size as

factory default.

Example: ATT=08.25

ATT=

ATT?

ATT*

ATT!

Clear All Stored

Alarms

CAA=

All

None

Command only.

Instructs the slave to clear all Stored Events.

This command takes no arguments.

CAA=

N/A

N/A

Concise AUX

COMM I/O

N/A

MBT

5 bytes, numeric Query only.

Returns the Concise AUX COMM I/O of the MBT-4000B base unit, in the

form nabcd where:

n=1 (AUX COMM)

a=12V (0=Off, 1=On)

b=IOA (O=logic low [voltage input < 0.5],

1=logic high [voltage input > 2.7 vdc)

c=IOB (O=logic low [voltage input < 0.5],

1=logic high [voltage input >2.7 vdc]

d=Reserved (Always zero)

Example: <0001/CAI?n{cr}

>0001?CAI=nabcd{cr}{lf}

CAI=

CAI?

CAI*

CAI?n

CAI=nabcd

(see Description of

Arguments for

details)