front panel of the Vortex, so this command is not normally used. There are restrictions involving
having devices with the same ID linked on EF Bus -- see the Vortex Reference Manual for more
details.
This command is an integer command. See
Section 6.2
for more information on this type of
command. The minimum and maximum values for this command are 0 and 7, respectively.
This command is saved to global non-volatile memory and is not part of a preset. Its value is saved
each time it is changed. It will retain its value after power-down. Since this command writes to non-
volatile memory, there will be a delay before an acknowledgment is returned.
Example
Description
Status Message
Q01ID3
Change the device ID from 1 to 3
Q03ID3
Q01ID?
Query current device ID.
Q01ID1
8.54.
LABEL
-- Set or Query one of the Device Labels
This command sets or queries one of the many labels stored in the device. The
LABEL
command has
the following syntax:
iLABELx,y
where
i
is the device type and ID,
x
is the label specifier, and
y
is the label text (to set the label) or
a
?
character (to query the label). The label specifiers are as follows:
Label Specifier
Description
D
A label for the device itself.
SG
A label for the signal generator.
I1, IA, IB
Labels for the input channels.
O1, OA, OB
Labels for the output channels.
W, X, Y, Z
Labels for matrix outputs to EF Bus.
PB0-PB7, WB0-WB7, XB0-XB7, YB0-YB7,
ZB0-ZB7
Labels for inputs from EF Bus to submatrices.
PM0-PM1, WM0-WM2, XM0-XM2, YM0-
YM2, ZM0-ZM2
Labels for outputs from EF Bus submatrices to main
matrix.
R1
Label for AEC reference.
P0-P47
Labels for user presets.
M0-M255
Labels for user macros.
The text of each label can be up to 16 characters long. Labels for presets 0-15 are read-only.
This command is saved to global non-volatile memory and is not part of a preset. Its value is saved
each time it is changed. It will retain its value after power-down. Since this command writes to non-