Sutron Corporation Satlink Operations & Maintenance Manual, Rev 8.04.2 11/3/2016 pg. 159
The last message received since boot up can be viewed via the front panel, under the diagnostics
menu.
When Satlink receives a message, it handles the input just as if it were on the commands. For
example, issuing the command M1 ACTIVE = OFF would turn off measurement one. Normally,
Satlink executes the command and provides no feedback.
If Satlink needs to reply to the message it received, the command in the
message must be preceded with an exclamation point. For example, sending a
message with the data
M1 MEAS
will not cause Satlink to send a reply message. Sending
! M1 MEAS
will cause Satlink to send a reply. Sending
STATUS
will do nothing. To get the status, precede the command with a !
!STATUS
Several commands can be sent in the same message. Separate the command with a new line or
with a semicolon:
!M1 MEAS; !STATUS;
A password-protected Satlink requires that the first line of the message be the LOGIN command.
Here is a message telling Satlink to turn off the digital output 1 and return the status:
LOGIN=XXX; OUTPUT1 OFF; !STATUS
17.3.
Status
To check the status, type STATUS (or just S).
17.4.
Setup
To view the whole measurement setup, type SETUP. To view just the setup of measurement one,
type M1. Likewise, M2 shows the setup of the second measurement. For transmissions, use TX1.
Only pertinent data is shown. If a measurement is not active, it will not show its setup fields. If a
measurement is of type analog, it will not show its SDI-12 setup fields.
The command SETUP NONDEFAULTS only shows the fields that have been changed from
defaults.
An easy way of setting up your station is to type WIZARD or just W. A setup wizard will guide you
through the most commonly used settings of the station and of each measurement. The setup
wizard may be used to configure one specific measurement: typing M1 WIZARD or M1 W will set
up measurement one. TX1 W will setup transmission one.
