Comtech EF Data CDM-500 - Manual (Page 77)

Remote Control CDM-500 Closed Network Satellite Modem
B–12 Rev. 1.3
Parameter
Type Command
(Instruction
Code and
qualifier) Arguments
for Command
or Response to
Query Description of arguments
(note that all arguments are ASCII numeric codes,
that is, ASCII codes between 48 and 57) Response to
Command (target to
controller) Query
(Instruction
Code and
qualifier) Response to
query (target
to controller)
Global
Configuration MGC= 74 bytes, with
numerical
entries, fixed
value entries,
and delimiters Command or Query.
Global configuration of unit, in the form: FFF.FFFF
DDD.DDDRMVSPP.PCXfff.ffffddd.dddrmvsww
ctt.tbIOTZAAAAAUEEEEYYYYYYYY, where:
F = Tx Frequency - same as TFQ= (8 bytes)
D = Tx Data Rate - same as TDR= (7 bytes)
R = Tx FEC Code Rate - same as TCR= (1 byte)
M = Tx Modulation - same as TMD= (1 byte)
V = Tx Spectrum Invert - same as TSI= (1 byte)
S = Tx Scrambler State - same as TSC= (1 byte)
P = Tx Power Level - same as TPL= (4 bytes)
C = Tx Clock Source - same as TCK= (1 byte)
X = Tx Carrier Status - same as TXO= (1 byte)
f = Rx Frequency - same as RFQ= (8 bytes)
d = Rx Data Rate - same as RDR= (7 bytes)
r = Rx FEC Code Rate - same as RCR= (1 byte)
m = Rx Modulation - same as RMD= (1 byte)
v = Rx Spectrum Invert - same as RSI= (1 byte)
s = Rx De-scrambler - same as RDS= (1 byte)
w= Rx Sweep Width - same as RSW= (2 bytes)
c = Rx Clock Mode - same as RCM= (1 byte)
t = Eb/No Alarm Point - same as EBA= (4 bytes)
b = Rx Buffer Size - same as RBS= (1 byte)
I = Unit Interface Type - same as ITF= (1 byte)
O =Unit Framing Mode - same as FRM= (1 byte)
T = Unit Test Mode - same as TST= (1 byte)
Z = Unit IF Impedance - same as IMP= (1 byte)
A = Alarm Mask - same as MSK= (5 bytes)
U= ODU Comms - same as ODU= (1 byte)
E= EDMAC Slave address - same as ESA= (4 bytes)
Y = expansion (8 bytes), reserved - set to ‘0'
Example:
MGC=074.5678064.000720112.720082.6543
128.000320116109.812111000001023600000000
MGC= (message ok)
MGC? (received ok,
but invalid arguments
found)
MGC? MGC=F F F .F
F F F D D D .
DDDRMV
S P P .P C X f f
f .f f f f d d d .
d d d r m v s w
w c t t .t b I O
TZAAAAA
U E E E E Y Y
Y
Y Y Y Y Y
(same format
as command
arguments)