Comtech EF Data XPA-200-OD - Manual (Page 20)

XPA-200-OD Revision 1
Customer Commands MN/XPA200OD.IOM
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Command
(Instruction
Code and
qualifier)
Arguments for
Command or
Response to
Query
Description of arguments
(note that all arguments are ASCII numeric
codes, that is, ASCII codes between 48 and 57)
Response to
Command
(target to controller)
Query
(Instruction
Code and
qualifier)
Response to
query
(target to
controller)
Force Back-Up
State
FBU= 1 byte,
value of 0, 1, 2
Command or Query
Force one of the online units to be a back-up for
maintenance and test purposes.
0 = Removed force back-up situation
1 = SSPA #1 is forced to be a back-up
2 = SSPA #2 is forced to be a back-up FBU= (message ok)
FBU? (received ok, but
invalid arguments
found) FBU? FBU=x
(same format as
command
arguments)
Remote Address SPA= 4 bytes,
numeric Command or Query.
Set Physical Address-between 0001 to 9999.
Resolution 0001
Example: SPA=0412
SPA= (message ok)
SPA? (received ok, but
invalid arguments
found) SPA? SPA=x
(same format as
command
arguments)
Remote Baud
Rate
SBR= 4 bytes Command or Query.
Set remote baud rate as follows:
9600 = 9600 baud
19K2 = 19200 baud
SBR= (message ok)
SBR? (received ok, but
invalid arguments
found) SBR? SBR=xx
(same format as
command
arguments)
Set RTC(Real-
Time-Clock) Date
DAT= 6 bytes,
numeric
Command or Query.
A command in the form mmddyy, where; dd = day
of the month, between 01 and 31, mm = month of
the year, between 01 and 12 and yy = year,
between 00 and 96 (2000 to 2096)
Example: DAT=042503 would be April 24, 2003 DAT= (message ok)
DAT? (received ok, but
invalid arguments
found)
DAT* (message ok, but
not permitted in current
mode) DAT? DAT=xx
(same format as
command
arguments)
Set RTC Time TIM= 6 bytes,
numeric Command or Query.
A command in the form hhmmss, indicating the
time from midnight, where hh = hours, between 00
and 23; mm = minutes, between 00 and 59, and ss
= seconds, between 00 and 59
Example: TIM=231259 would be 23 hours, 12
minutes and 59 seconds from midnight. TIM = (message ok)
TIM? (received ok, but
invalid arguments
found)
TIM * (message ok, but
not permitted in current
mode)
TIM? TIM=xx
(same format as
command
arguments)
Clear All Stored
Alarms
CAA= None Command only
Instructs the slave to clear all Stored Events
This command takes no arguments.
CAA= (message ok) N/A N/A
Serial Number N/A 9 bytes, numeric
000000000 to
999999999
Query only.
Used to Query the units 9 digit serial number.
Slave returns its S/N, in the form xxxxxxxxx.
Example: RSN=000000165 N/A RSN? RSN=xxxxxxxxx
(see description
for details of
arguments)
Retrieve
Equipment Type
N/A 22 bytes,
alpha-numeric
Query only.
The unit returns a string indicating the Model
Number and the the value of internal software
revision installed
Example: RET=CPA-300 VER: 1.0.3 N/A RET? RET=x….x
(see description
for details of
arguments)