Low Power Outdoor (LPOD) Amplifier/Block Up Converter (BUC)
Revision 15
Serial Interface Operation
5–40
MN-LPOD
Parameter
Type
(* indicates
End-of-Life)
Controller-to-Target
Instruction Code and
Qualifier
Arguments
for Command
or Query
Description of Arguments
(Note that all arguments are ASCII numeric codes from 48 to 57)
Target-to-Controller
(see Description of
Arguments)
Command
Query
Response to
Command
Response
to Query
SNMP Write
Community
SWC=
SWC?
16 bytes,
characters, no
spaces
Command or Query.
Sets or returns the SNMP Write Community string.
COMMAND EXAMPLE: <0001/SWC=private{CR}
NOTE: An empty string is not allowed.
SWC =
SWC!
SWC=x
Software
Revision
N/A
SWR?
34-37 bytes
Query only.
Returns the value of the internal software revision installed in the unit, in the form:
Boot:x.y.z Bulk1:x.y.z Bulk2:x.y.z
-or-
Boot:x.y.zz Bulk1:x.y.zz Bulk2:x.y.zz
SWR=
SWR=Boot
:x.y.zz
Bulk1:x.y.z
z
Bulk2:x.y.z
Set RTC Time TIM=
TIM?
6 bytes
Command or Query.
Sets or returns the Real-Time-Clock time in the form hhmmss, where:
hh=hours, from 00 to 23;
mm=minutes, from 00 to 59,
ss=seconds, from 00 to 59
COMMAND EXAMPLE (time=23 hours, 12 minutes and 59 seconds since
midnight – i.e., 11:12:59 PM):
<0001/TIM=231259{CR}
TIM =
TIM?
TIM *
TIM=xxxxx
x
Temperature
N/A
TMP?
5 bytes
Query only.
Returns the temperature of the Heatsink in the form sxxxx, where:
s=sign byte, positive or negative (+ or –)
xxxx=temperature (including decimal point)
EXAMPLE: <0001/TMP?{CR}
<0001/TMP=+26.0{CR}{LF}
TMP=
TMP=sxxx
x
Retrieve
Number of
Unread Stored
Alarms*
N/A
TNA?
2 bytes
Query only.
Returns the number of stored events that remain unread in the alarm log in the
form xx, where:
xx=number from 00 to 99.
NOTE: Although a maximum of 255 events may be stored in the alarm log, event
tallies greater than 99 are reported as 99.
EXAMPLE: <0001/TNA?{CR}
>0001/TNA=14{CR}{LF}
TNA=
TNA=xx
