Norsat 100W ATOM - Manual (Page 16)

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The potential errors that may be displayed are:
 Invalid Command – The command was not recognized
 Invalid Parameter – The parameter was not recognized
 Invalid Value – The value was invalid for the command/parameter
 Missing Parameter – A required parameter was not provided
Each command response will have the following format:
where msg is as described above and in the commands summary and example tables below. Note that a
response is enveloped by leading and trailing characters.
Due to the inherent collisions that can occur between multiple addressed units operating on a shared
serial bus, a remote processor should not send a subsequent command to any unit until it has received
the response to the last command it sent to any other. For this reason, the address of a unit is not
included in its response as it is not needed by the remote processor, and thus, the command response
format for a unit remains the same whether or not the unit is operating in addressed mode.
Table 2-2: Commands Summary
Command Param-Value
Pairs
Response Format
(enveloping characters not shown)
getident None ok pn swver sn address syn
where:
= unit part number label
= software version label
= unit serial number label
= unit address, range: 0-7 (0-6 when in addressed mode, 7 when in
unaddressed mode
= synthesizer id, one of the following strings: ext (BUC only), int (BUC
only) or no (SSPA only)
getstatus None ok fault fwdpwr revpwr temp
where:
= four-bit mask reported in hexadecimal format, range 0x0 – 0xF.
Bit3 = Power fault (1=fault condition present, 0=no fault)
Bit2 = PLL fault (1=PLL fault condition present, 0=no fault; this bit
used only for BUC)
Bit1 = Over temperature fault (1=fault condition present, 0=no fault)
Bit0 = Output mute fault (1=unit muted, 0=unit not muted)
= forward power value, in dBm
= currently not used but reserved for reverse power
= internal system temperature in degrees Celsius