Nevion FRS-HD-XMUX4 - Manual (Page 25)

FRS-HD-XMUX4 Rev. C
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6 RS422 commands
6.1 FLP4.0 required commands
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Commands Example Response Control
- - ? ? product name\
SW rev n.m\
FW rev r.s\
protocol ver 4.0\ Hello command.
Note 1: No other commands will be
available until the card has received
this hello.
Note 2: This command will also
enable checksums.
Note 3: Cards are designed to be
hot-swappable. To sync with the start
of a new command, the cards will
wait for a <lf> character before
looking for a valid command.
conf 0 - conf 0 *too long to list* Configuration settings
Retrieves the card's configurable
settings. Each addressable block is
represented by a single line. Dynamic
status may be included in response,
but is usually reported in info only.
- - info info *too long to list* Dynamic status info
Blocks with static settings only will
usually not be included, see conf
above.
- - chk off chk off ok Checksum off
If issued twice in succession, this
command will disable checksums.
Note: Responses will still have the
checksums appended.
NOTE1: ? command turns the
checksum back on
- - locate on
<seconds>
locate off locate on 3
locate off ok Card locator
This command will cause all the
LEDs to flash for a user specified
number of seconds. If omitted, the
value <seconds> will be set to a
default of 120 seconds. The flashing
can be terminated at any time with
locate off.
- - address address address <address> Card address
This command will check and update
the card's current rack and slot
address, which is normally only done
at start-up.
- - filename filename frshdxmux4-
0-151.ffw
filename frshdxmux4-
0-102.mfw <name>'.'<extension
> Firmware upgrades
The <name> part must match the
card's hardware and include a
revision number, and the extension
must be either 'ffw' for FPGA
firmware or 'mfw' for microcontroller
firmware. After running this command
the board will wait for the firmware in
Intel-hex format.
- - fin fin ok Finalize
Finalize the programming of the
microcontroller. See description of
the uC bootloader (separate
document).