Appendix C. Command-Line Tool - Dtmcmd - DekTec DTM-3200 User Manual

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Appendix C. Command-Line Tool - DtmCmd

C.1 General description of DtmCmd
DtmCmd is a cross-platform (Windows & Linux) command-line tool for simple control of DTM-32xx
devices. The user can read and write device settings, e.g. the command "
and prints the value of setting 5 in settings category 1. The most advanced capability of DtmCmd
upgrading the firmware of a DTM-32xx device.
To use the command-line tool under Windows, open a DOS box in a directory containing
DtmCmd executable. Each time DtmCmd is run, a single command specified with the command-line
arguments is executed on the DTM-3200. See "
You can specify the interface type (serial/I
line. The configuration settings are stored in file
reads DtmCmd.ini, so that you don't need to specify the configuration settings every run
DtmCmd.
C.2 Reading a setting from the DTM-3200
The following command reads device property Type (category 1, setting 5):
DtmCmd -interface Serial -serial COM3 -baudrate 9600 -addr 0x40
-r 1 5
The following shortcut is equivalent once the configuration settings are available in
DtmCmd -r 1 5
The parameters used in this command have the following meanings:
 -interface Serial  Set the interface type to a serial COM port. The I
also supported by DtmCmd.
 -serial COM3  Set the serial COM port identifier to COM port 3.
 -baudrate 9600  Set the baud rate to 9600bd.
 -addr 0x40  Set the address of the DTM-3200 to 0x40.
 -r  Set the command type to read.
 1 5  Specify command category 1 and setting 5.
This command results into the following output:
DtmCmd - DTM-32xx Command Utility v1.0.1 (c) 2013 DekTec Digital
Video B.V.
- Category
- Setting
- Index
- Interface
- DTM address
- Serial path
- Serial baud
- Data read
DtmCmd -?" for help on the available commands.
2
C), interface settings and DTM address on the command
DtmCmd.ini. Every time DtmCmd starts, it first
: 0x01 (Device properties)
: 0x05 (Type)
: 0x00
: Serial
: 0x40
: COM3
: 9600
: 3200
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DtmCmd -r 1 5 " reads
DtmCmd.ini:
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