Serial Or Telnet I/O Functions; Overview And Format - Symmetricom Time Server User Manual

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Overview and Format

Shortly after power-up, the utility port will be ready to receive commands. To ensure the
unit receives data input accurately, wait until the message
Satellites...
commands.
You can send data to, or request data from, the unit by sending serial or Telnet commands
using ASCII character strings. The general form of these commands is:
where:
More specifically, the data input and output formats are:
or
where:
Output strings are kept to fixed lengths whenever possible. This means that numeric
values often contain many leading blanks. This user's guide represents output strings in a
fixed font. For example:
6000-100Ch4.fm Rev. D
has been on the front panel before entering any serial or Telnet
F<FUNC#><Enter>
F =
<FUNC#> =
<Enter> =
F<FUNC#>[<SP><FIELD>]<Enter>
F<FUNC#>[<SP><FIELD>]<CR><LF>
F =
<FUNC#> =
<SP> =
<FIELD> =
<CR><LF> =
[ ] =
F60 prn 14 good enabled sig level= +21.37<CR><LF>
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Serial or Telnet I/O Functions

Searching for
ASCII character F
two-digit function number
input line terminator
(input)
(output)
ASCII character F
function number
space
data entry or request
output line terminator
encloses a phrase that is repeated as often as
necessary
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