Optional Message Arguments; End Of Packet; Remote Commands And Queries; Transmit (Tx) Commands And Queries - Comtech EF Data CDM-Qx Installation And Operation Manual

CDM-Qx/QxL Multi-Channel Satellite Modem with DoubleTalk™ Carrier-in-Carrier®
Appendix C
C.5.6

Optional Message Arguments

Arguments are not required for all messages. Arguments are ASCII codes for the characters 0 to 9
(ASCII codes 48 to 57); period (ASCII code 46); and comma (ASCII code 44); plus miscellaneous
printable characters.
C.5.7

End of Packet

Controller-to-Target: This is the 'Carriage Return' character (ASCII code 13).
Target-to-Controller: This is the two-character sequence 'Carriage Return' (ASCII code 13), and
'Line Feed' (ASCII code 10).
Both indicate the valid termination of a packet.
C.6

Remote Commands and Queries

1. The remote commands and queries are arranged as subsections of this appendix as follows:
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Sect. D.6.1 Transmit (Tx) Commands and Queries
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Sect. D.6.2 Receive (Rx) Commands and Queries
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Sect. D.6.3 Common (Tx, Rx, or Modem) Commands and Queries
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Sect. D.6.4 Queries
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Sect. D.6.5 Bulk Commands and Queries
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Sect. D.6.6 BUC Commands and Queries – CDM-QxL ONLY
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Sect. D.6.7 LNB Commands and Queries – CDM-QxL ONLY
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Sect. D.6.8 Built-in BERT Commands and Queries (BER Tester)
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Sect. D.6.9 Spectrum Analyzer Commands and Queries – Rx Module ONLY
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Sect. D.6.10 D&I++ (Drop & Insert) Commands and Queries (E1 CCS only) –
Modem ONLY
2. Typical for all tablature, the following codes are used in the 'Response to Command' column
(See Sect. C.5.5 for complete details):
= Message ok
? Received ok, but invalid arguments found
* Message ok, but not permitted in current mode
# Message ok, but unit is not in Remote mode
~ Time out of an EDMAC pass-through message
$ Message ok, but no module is installed in the slot.
@ Message ok, but sending Tx command to an Rx module or vice-versa.
^ Message ok, but unit is in Ethernet mode.
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