Commands And Command Parameters - GE MDS 4790M Installation And Operation Manual

MDS 05-3628A01, Rev. B
• Table 5 (page 25) summarizes commands for setting radio operating
parameters and displaying status and other information.
• Table 6 (page 27) summarizes diagnostic and testing commands.
• Table 7 (page 28) summarizes commands for obtaining information
about the unit.
See Section 6.3, Detailed Command Descriptions, beginning on page 28 for
more information about these commands.

Commands and Command Parameters

Most commands can be used in two ways. Typing only the command:
RADIO
displays the currently programmed information. Typing the command,
followed by a space and a parameter:
RADIO B
changes a radio setting. Parameters and their meanings are listed in the
summary tables as well as the detailed command descriptions.
The following conventions are used in the table:
• Command parameters, if any, are shown in brackets [ ] following the
command name.
• A string of lower-case "x"s in a command parameter stands for a letter
or number key.
• "xxx.xxxxx" stands for a decimal number. (The decimal point
position may vary.)
• "mm," "dd," and "yyyy" stand for month, day and year, respectively.
(The number of characters used for month and year may vary.)
• "hh," "mm," and "ss" stand for hours, minutes and seconds,
respectively.
Table 5. PC Commands—Radio Operation
FRONT PANEL
PC COMMAND
AMASK [0000 Alarm Masks
0000–FFFF FFFF] Details, page 59
Details, page 30
ASENSE [HI/LO]
Details, page 31
BAUD [xxxxx abc] Baud Rate/Format
Details, page 31 Details, page 54
BUFF [ON/OFF] Data Buffering
Details, page 31 Details, page 57
CKEY [ON/OFF] Continuous Keying
Details, page 32 Details, page 56
CTS [0-255] Clear To Send Delay
Details, page 32 Details, page 55
MDS 4790M (MPT 1411) I/O Guide
MENU
Set or display the major alarm mask
Set or display the sense of the alarm bits
(active high or active low)
Set or display communication attributes for
data interface port
xxxxx=Baud rate (110, 300, 1200, 2400,
4800, 9600, 19200, 38400)
a=7 or 8 data bits
b=N for none, O for odd, E for even parity
c=1 or 2 stop bits
Enable or disable received data buffering
ON=Seamless data
OFF=Fast byte throughput
Enable or disable continuous keying
ON=Continuous keying enabled
OFF=Continuous keying disabled
Set or display CTS delay. Setting a value of 0
keeps CTS normally asserted.
DESCRIPTION
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