Nevion FRS-HD-CHO - Manual (Page 29)

FRS-HD-CHO Rev. 9
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6 RS422 commands
6.1 FLP4.0 required commands
Block Blk# 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 frshdcho-0-
105.ffw
filename frshdcho-0-
100.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).