Message Arguments; End Of Packet; End-Of-Life Commands - Comtech EF Data LPOD PS-1 Installation And Operation Manual

LPOD C-/Ku-Band Outdoor Amplifier / Block Up Converter (BUC)
Remote Commands
#
(ASCII code 35)
3.2.4.5

Message Arguments

Arguments are not required for all messages. Arguments are ASCII codes for the characters 0 to 9
(ASCII 48 to 57); period (ASCII 46); and comma (ASCII 44).
3.2.4.6

End of Packet

Controller-to-target: This is the 'Carriage Return' character (ASCII code 13).
Target-to-controller: This is the two-character sequence 'Carriage Return' (ASCII code 13), and
'Line Feed' (ASCII code 10).
Both indicate the valid termination of a packet.
3.2.4.7

End-of-Life Commands

Certain commands (denoted by an * in the Parameter Type field) are being marked as EOL.
While these commands are fully supported in this product, it is highly recommended that the
equivelant new commands be used for new implementations. The new commands will generally
follow the outdated commands.
The # code (target-to-controller) is only used as follows:
If the controller sends an instruction code which the target cannot currently
perform because of hardware resource issues, then the target will acknowledge
the message by echoing the invalid instruction, followed by the # character. This
response can only occur if the operator sends two or more 'hardware
configuration' type commands without allowing adequate time between
commands for the hardware to be configured. For example, if the operator
issued commands to change both the frequency and the attenuation with less
than 100 milliseconds between commands, and if this response is returned,
then the command has not been accepted and the operator must resend the
command.
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