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MBT-5000 L-Band Up/Down Converter System
Serial-based Remote Product Management
Command
Arguments for
Parameter
(Instruction
Command or
Type
Code and
Response to
Qualifier)
Part Number
N/A
Various 1-96
bytes
Redundancy
RED=
1 byte
Online Status
Retrieve
N/A
53 bytes
Equipment Type
(includes 'cr')
Retrieve
N/A
Variable length
Maintenance
Status
(Note that all arguments are ASCII numeric codes between 48 and 57)
Query
Query only.
Returns the Comtech EF Data part number of the unit. This part number is the unit's DOTCODE
at the time it was manufactured. The DOTCODE may be up to 96 printable ASCII characters
long.
Example: <2/PNM?'cr'
>0002/PNM=BUCC0.350WRSW00'cr''lf'
Command or Query.
Forces the unit to throw the switches, causing the unit to go offline (if it is currently online). The
unit cannot be forced online, and sending a 1 will have no effect.
0 = Offline
1 = Online (query only)
Default value: 0
Example: <2/RED=0'cr'
>0002/RED='cr''lf'
Query only.
Used to Query the block converter type and its start and stop frequencies.
Example:
<2/RET?'cr'
>0002/RET=5000 C-Band BUC'cr'
05850-06425'cr'
xxxxx-xxxxx'cr'
xxxxx-xxxxx'cr''lf'
Example for a tri-band converter:
<2/RET?'cr'
>0002/RET=5000 Ku-Band BDC'cr'
10950-11700'cr'
11700-12250'cr'
12250-12750'cr''lf'
Query only.
Queries the Maintenance status of the unit.
Example
<2/RMS?'cr'
>0002/RMS='cr'
SYNVT=001.2'cr'
HSTMP=+12.3'cr'
LNACS=380.2'cr'
FWPWR=004.9'cr'lf'
Description of arguments
Description
Synthesizer Voltage
Temperature
LNA Current Supply (in mA)
Forward Power
7–22
MN-MBT5000
Revision 4
Response to
Query
Response to query
Command
(Instruction
(Target to
Code and
Controller)
Qualifier)
N/A
PNM?
PNM=x....x
(See Description of
Arguments)
RED=
RED?
RED=x
RED?
RED*
N/A
RET?
RET=x....x
(see description for
details of arguments)
RMS?
RMS=x....x
(See Description of
Arguments)
(Target to
Controller)
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