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RC4000 Antenna Controller
3.23 Azimuth/Elevation/Polarization Jog Command (with minimal reply)
This command jogs the antenna in azimuth, elevation or polarization. It is functionally the same
command as described in section 3.4 but with a much shorter reply. The command contains 11 bytes
and the format of the command is exactly the same as described in 3.4 except that the command code is
47h vs. 33h.
Rather than sending the full status reply, this command only sends the position (at the time the command
is received) of the axis to be jogged.
The reply to this query will consist of 12 bytes ...
byte 0
byte 1
byte 2
byte 3
bytes 4-9
byte 10
byte 11
Appendix REM
ACK
A
RC4000 address
47h
the command code
"A/E/P"
Axis jogged: A(zimuth), E(levation) or P(olarization)
axis position
This field will contain the formatted axis position
in the range -180.0 to 180.0. If the analog to digital converter
detects an error this field will contain '******'.
ETX
checksum
REM-39
Remote Control Option
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