How Commands, Parameters, And Responses Are Represented In Command Descriptions - Northern Telecom DISPCALL DMS-100 Series User Manual

How commands, parameters, and responses are represented in
command descriptions
Two command conventions exist:
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Command expansion conventions
A command table is used for a command expansion. This table consists of
the following two sections:
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Command elements are represented exactly as they are entered, except when
Italic font is used to indicate that an element is a variable name or a certain
default.
WARNING
Damage to backplane connector pins
Use light thumb pressure to align the card with the connectors.
Next, use the levers to seat the card into the connectors. Failure
to align the card first may result in bending of the backplane
connector pins.
CAUTION
Loss of service
Subscriber service will be lost if you accidentally remove a card
from the active unit of the peripheral module (PM). Before
continuing, confirm that you are removing the card from the
inactive unit of the PM.
command expansion - representations of commands including all
parameters, variables and syntactic characteristics
command example - representations of commands as they are entered
the command expansion, which contains
- all parameters
- all variables
- hierarchy (the order in which elements must be entered)
- syntax
- truncated and abbreviated forms when allowed
- defaults
the parameter and variable descriptions. This section follows the
command expansion and contains an alphabetical listing of all
parameters and variables with a description of each.
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