MXS-9100 Optical Switch Rackmount Operation Manual
91592 Rev. A2
June 21, 2019
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Command Conventions
The MXS-9100 remote commands are described below.
Command Interface Notes
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Tokens enclosed in square brackets [] represent input parameters. Replace these tokens
with data specific to the task.
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Portions of commands that are lowercase are optional. The uppercase portions are
required.
For example, the following commands are identical:
ROUTE2:OPEN:STATE?
ROUT2:OPEN:STAT?
ROUTE2:OPEN:STAT?
ROUT2:OPEN:STATE?
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Commands do not send replies unless noted otherwise.
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Commands that reply with multiple data items separate each item with a comma and a
space.
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Commands and replies are terminated with a Carriage Return character (ASCII #13).
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Commands may be combined with other commands using
a semicolon character (“;”).
Example:
ROUT6:SCAN 2;ROUT7:SCAN 3
ROUT6:SCAN:NEXT;ROUT7:SCAN:NEXT
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For SCPI commands, the module will remember the portion of a command up to and
including the last colon character. Subsequent commands may optionally omit that portion
of the command to achieve a shorter command string. In order to avoid ambiguity between
commands, you may precede a command with a colon character (‘:’), which will cause the
module to disregard the stored portion of the preceding command.
Example:
ROUT6:SCAN 2
Sets input channel 6 to output channel 2.
SCAN?
Returns “2”
SCAN:NEXT
Sets input channel 6 to output channel 3.
NEXT
Sets input channel 6 to output channel 4.
NEXT
Sets input channel 6 to output channel 5.
ROUT7:SCAN 1
Sets input channel 7 to output channel 1.
