DT-4500 Series C- and Ku-Band Down Converters
MN/DT4500.IOM
Serial Interface Operation
Revision 2
8–7
8.6
Message Structure
The structure of a Command, Response, or Error Message is as follows:
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Start Character
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Device Address
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Command or Response
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End of Message String
8.6.1
Start Character
The Start Character begins each message:
< = Start of a user command or query.
> = Start of a converter response.
8.6.2
Device Address
The Device Address consists of a Physical Address or a Physical Address and an
appended Virtual Address. This chapter uses “DEV” for the generic case
examples.
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EXAMPLE:
<DEV
8.6.3
Commands/Queries
A Command or Query is a variable length character string beginning with a
forward slash “ / ” – it contains either an instruction or an instruction with data
for a converter to act upon.
If data is passed by command, it is appended to the instruction by an underscore
“_”.
For a Query, data is retrieved by command. The underscore follows the
instruction, flagging the converter to supply data in a response.
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COMMAND EXAMPLE:
<DEV/COM_xxx{cr} (Sends command data to a
converter)
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QUERY EXAMPLE:
<DEV/COM_{cr} (Queries information from a
converter)
