
External Controllers and Printers
ST112 SONET Transmission Test Set
6–9
Message Exchange
The GPIB message exchange characteristics are as follows:
•
The input buffer is command line oriented. A new buffer is provided for each new command
line.
•
Each command line may contain a maximum of 80 characters.
•
The only
ST112 SONET Transmission Test Set
commands that can return more than one
message unit are: *lrn?, oh_all?, oh_err_all?
•
Command responses are generated immediately. The
Test Set will not wait for a read
command before generating a response to a query command.
•
No commands are coupled.
ANSI IEEE Functional Elements
All functional elements (GPIB Message Types) from the ANSI IEEE 488.2-1987 standard that
are supported in Test Set GPIB interface are listed below. For more information refer to your
computer or controller documentation and the ANSI
IEEE 488.2-1987 standard: Sections 4.3; 7.1.1; 7.3.3 and tables 4.2; 4.3.
1. <PROGRAM
MESSAGE>
2. <PROGRAM MESSAGE TERMINATOR>
3. <PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT>
4. <PROGRAM MESSAGE UNIT SEPARATOR>
5. <COMMAND MESSAGE UNIT>
6. <QUERY MESSAGE UNIT>
7. <COMMAND PROGRAM HEADER> (see note)
8. <QUERY PROGRAM HEADER> (see note)
9. <PROGRAM HEADER SEPARATOR>
10. <PROGRAM DATA SEPARATOR>
11. <PROGRAM DATA>
12. <DECIMAL NUMERIC PROGRAM DATA>
13. <CHARACTER PROGRAM DATA>
14. <NON-DECIMAL NUMERIC PROGRAM DATA>
NOTE: The
ST112 SONET Transmission Test Set
cannot process a <COMPOUND
COMMAND PROGRAM HEADER> or a <COMPOUND QUERY PROGRAM HEADER>.
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