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Comtech EF Data MBT-5000 User Manual

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MBT-5000 L-Band Up/Down Converter System

MN-MBT5000

Serial-based Remote Product Management

Revision 4

7–15

Parameter

Type

Command

(Instruction

Code and

Qualifier)

Arguments for

Command or

Response to

Query

Description of Arguments

(Note that all arguments are ASCII numeric codes between 48 and 57)

Response to

Command

(Target to

Controller)

Query

(Instruction

Code and

Qualifier)

Response to query

(Target to

Controller)

Retrieve

Maintenance

Status

N/A

variable length

Query only.

Used to Query the Maintenance status of the unit.

N/A

RMS?

RMS=x….x

(See Description of

Arguments)

Example:

Description:

<1/RMS?’cr’

>0001/RMS=’cr’

P12V1=12.1’cr’

P12V2=12.3’cr’

P05V1=04.9’cr’

P05V2=05.1’cr’

P7V8T=07.8’cr’

REFVT=01.2’lf’

SWITC=A’cr’’lf’

+12V power supply 1

+12V power supply 2

+5V power supply 1

+5V power supply 2

+7.8V power supply

Ref. Osc. Tuning

RF switch

Retrieve Next 5

unread stored

Statistics

N/A

variable length

Query only.

Unit returns the oldest 5 Stored Statistics

entries which have not yet been read over

the remote control. Reply format: {CR}Sub-

body{CR}Sub-body{CR}Sub-body{CR}Sub-

body{CR}Sub-body, where:

Subbody=ddmmyyhhmmssaaa.abbb.bccc.c

ddd.dee.eeff.ffghijkk.kll.l

ddmmyy = day/month/year

hhmmss = hour:minute:second

aaa.a = Conveter A Operating Temperature

bbb.b = Conveter B Operating Temperature

ccc.c = Converter A RF Power output

ddd.d = Converter B RF Power output

ee.ee = Converter A Attenuation Setting

ff.ff = Converter B Attenuation Setting

g = Converter A Mute On/Off

h = Converter B Mute On/Off

i = Converter A Online/Offline Status

j = Converter B Online/Offline Status

kk.k = Converter A Tuning Voltage

ll.l = Converter B Tuning Voltage

If there are less than 5 entries to be

retrieved, the remaining positions are

padded with zeros. If there are no new

entries, the response is RNS*.

N/A

RNS?

RNS={CR}Sub

-

body{CR}Sub-

body{CR}Sub-

body{CR}Sub-

body{CR}Sub-

body

(See

Description of

Arguments)