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Pearl User Guide

Control with RS-232 / serial port

Command Name

Description

GET..

GET..

Gets the saved value of a given parameter for the specified channel or recorder.

SET..

SET..

Sets the value of a given parameter for the specified channel or recorder. The
value is not saved until the SAVECFG command is sent.

SAVECFG

Saves the parameters modified by the SET command.

Status Commands

STATUS.

STATUS.

Reports the recording status of the specified channel or recorder.

Status is one of:

 

l

RUNNING

 

l

STOPPED

 

l

UNINITIALIZED

STATUS

Reports the recording status of each channel and recorder.

Status is one of:

 

l

RUNNING

 

l

STOPPED

 

l

UNINITIALIZED

FREESPACE

Reports the free storage space, in bytes.

RECTIME.

RECTIME.

Reports the elapsed recording time for the current file on the specified channel or
recorder.

RECTIME

Reports the elapsed recording time for the current file on each channel.

Additionally, the system automatically reports its status changes back along the RS-232 connection using the
following automatic messages:

Table 37

RS-232 Status Changed Messages

Command Name

Description

STATUS.

Provides the status of the recording service for the channel's as one of:

 

l

Running

 

l

Stopped

 

l

Uninitialized

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