The Omni-Vii Command Set - Ten-Tec OMNI-VII 588 Programmer's Reference Manual

The OMNI-VII Command Set

The command set is extensive and every effort has been made to keep the individual
commands as simple as possible. Although the OMNI-VII Serial interface operates at
57,600 baud and the Ethernet interface operates at 10Mbps short commands are used to
keep the processing overhead to a minimum.
In general an OMNI-VII instruction is a series of ASCII characters which may be
followed by data and then terminated by a carriage return <CR>. Command characters
are case sensitive! In general, the query are identical to the set command except the
command is prefixed with a '?' character.
The OMNI-VII interface requires that data be in a format compatible with each
command. Programmers should ensure that the supplied data is correct. For the Serial
interface, where a command is unrecognized or data is invalid the radio will send back a
response consisting of the letter 'Z' followed by the first character of the command string
that caused the error and finally, a carriage return <CR>. For the Ethernet Interface,
there is no invalid command reply. So it is a best practice if a command is sent, then the
associated query should also be used to verify the new setting.
Because the OMNI-VII is designed so that it could be reprogrammed in-system the
command set presented here is subject to change or enhancement. We will make every
effort to make the system backward compatible with existing documented commands
whenever possible. However, the OMNI-VII is a HF TRASNCEIVER PLATFORM that
could host a variety of radio services. Persons or companies developing control software
for the OMNI-VII should not assume that the radio is operating original factory firmware
but rather should always query the radio firmware revision to ensure compatibility.
There is one specialized query "?*" which is used to query all of the settings,
returned in one response, relevant to the operating mode of the radio. In the Radio Mode,
it will return all of the possible Radio Mode responses, and in Remote Mote, it will return
all possible Remote Mode responses. If performed over the serial port, then this will be a
series of properly formatted packets pertinent to each response. If performed over the
Ethernet then this will be one single Ethernet Packet whose data contains all of the
possible formatted packets pertinent to each response.
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