Command List - Sony PDW-850 Operation Manual

Command list

This unit supports standard protocol (see the next
section), and extended protocol (see page 238).
Notes
• To execute FTP commands, you must install
application software with FTP function on your
computer.
• The commands supported by application software
vary.
• An FTP client that supports UTF-8 is required to use
Unicode characters other than ASCII characters.
Command prompt FTP commands do not support
UTF-8.
Standard commands
In the command syntax column, <SP> means a
space, entered by pressing the space bar, and
<CRLF> means a new line, entered by pressing
the Enter key.
USER
Send this command to begin the login process.
Syntax: USER <SP> <username> <CRLF>
Input example: USER admin
PASS
After sending the USER command, send this command
to complete the login process.
Syntax: PASS <SP> <password> <CRLF>
Input example: PASS pdw-850
QUIT
Terminates the FTP connection. If a file is being
transferred, terminates after completion of the
transfer.
Syntax: QUIT <CRLF>
PORT
Specifies the IP address and port to which this unit
should connect for the next file transfer (for data transfer
from this unit).
Syntax: PORT <SP> <h1,h2,h3,h4,p1,p2>
<CRLF>
h1 (most significant byte) to h4 (least
significant byte): IP address
p1 (most significant byte), p2 (least
significant byte): Port address
Input example: PORT 10,0,0,1,242,48
(IP address: 10.0.0.1, Port number: 62000)
PASV
This command requests this unit to "Listen" on a data
port (which is not its default data port). It puts this unit
into passive mode, waiting for the remote computer to
make a data connection.
Syntax: PASV <CRLF>
TYPE
Specifies the type of data to be transferred.
Syntax: TYPE <SP> <type-code (options
delimited by <SP>)> <CRLF>
<type-code> can be any of the following. However,
for XDCAM, data is always transferred as "I",
regardless of the type-code specification.
• A: ASCII
- N: Non-print
- T: Telnet format
- C: ASA Carriage Control
• E: EBCDIC
- N: Non-print
- T: Telnet format
- C: ASA Carriage Control
• I: IMAGE (Binary) (default)
• L: LOCAL BYTE
- SIZE: byte size
Input example: TYPE I
STRU
Specifies the data structure.
Syntax: STRU <SP> <structure-code> <CRLF>
<structure-code> can be any of the following.
However, for XDCAM, the structure is always "F",
regardless of the structure-code specification.
• F: File structure (default)
• R: Record structure
• P: Page structure
Input example: STRU F
MODE
Specifies the transfer mode.
Syntax: MODE <SP> <mode-code> <CRLF>
<mode-code> can be any of the following.
However, for XDCAM, the mode is always "S",
regardless of the mode-code specification.
• S: Stream mode (default)
• B: Block mode
• C: Compressed mode
Input example: MODE S
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