Comtech EF Data CRS-500 - Manual (Page 164)

CRS-500 1:N Redundancy System Revision 2
Serial-based Remote Product Management MN-CRS500
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• Status queries (no commands) are fast, (typically less than 333 ms).
• Configuration changes (commands) take longer and vary by modem type.
• Individual commands responses are faster than those to global commands (MGC). More parameters require more time.
• A pass-through command is passed with little inspection by the switch,but remember the modem being addressed may be
at the distant end of an EDMAC link! Types of pass-through commands:
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To a local modem;
o
To a modem at the distant end (EDMAC);
o
To a local BUC or transceiver connected to a local modem;
o
To a distant end BUC or transceiver through the distant end modem.