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Appendix A RS422 commands

A.1 FLP4.0 required commands

Block Blk#

Commands

Example

Response

Control

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-

?

?

product name\
SW rev n.m\
FW rev r.s\
protocol ver 4.0\

Hello command.
Note 1: No other commands will be
available until the card has received
this hello.
Note 2: This command will also
enable checksums.
Note 3: Cards are designed to be hot-
swappable. To sync with the start of a
new command, the cards will wait for
a character before looking for a
valid command.

conf

0

-

conf 0

*too long to list*

Configuration settings
Retrieves the card's configurable
settings. Each addressable block is
represented by a single line. Dynamic
status may be included in response,
but is usually reported in info only.

-

-

info

info

*too long to list*

Dynamic status info
Blocks with static settings only will
usually not be included, see conf
above.

-

-

chk off

chk off

ok

Checksum off
If issued twice in succession, this
command will disable checksums.
Note: Responses will still have the
checksums appended.
NOTE1: ? command turns the
checksum back on

-

-

locate on

locate off

locate on 3

locate off

ok

Card locator
This command will cause all the
LEDs to flash for a user specified
number of seconds. If omitted, the
value will be set to a
default of 120 seconds. The flashing
can be terminated at any time with
locate off.

-

-

address

address

address

Card address
This command will check and update
the card's current frame and slot
address, which is normally only done
at start-up.

-

-

filename

filename udc3gxmux4-
0-151.ffw
filename udc3gxmux4-
0-102.mfw

'.' Firmware upgrades

The part must match the
card's hardware and include a revision
number, and the extension must be
either 'ffw' for FPGA firmware or
'mfw' for microcontroller firmware.
After running this command the board
will wait for the firmware in Intel-hex
format.

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-

fin

fin

ok

Finalize
Finalize the programming of the
microcontroller. See description of the
uC bootloader (separate document).