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)