
Contents
MAX Administration Guide
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Machine Interface Format (MIF) .....................................................C-1
Accessing the interface ....................................................................................................... ...C-1
Using full and partial addresses .............................................................................................C-2
Using supported commands ...................................................................................................C-4
Understanding responses ................................................................................................C-4
Loading and saving entities ............................................................................................C-4
Getting an entity’s current value .....................................................................................C-5
Getting the address and value of the next entity .............................................................C-5
Modifying parameter values ...........................................................................................C-6
MIF traps and asynchronous reports ...............................................................................C-6
Understanding command-line basics .....................................................................................C-7
Modifying an entity in the edit area .......................................................................................C-8
Using supported types ..........................................................................................................C-10