Appendix F
Maintenance Port Parser
Commands
TracVision Cruiser system parser commands are parsed when
the system receives an ASCII carriage return (Hex 0D). An
ASCII line feed (Hex 0A) is permitted but is ignored in any
transmitted command. All system responses are terminated
with an ASCII carriage return followed by a line feed and
ending with either an acknowledge character (ASCII > (Hex
3E)) or a not-acknowledge character (ASCII ? (Hex 3F)). The
parser commands are shown below in boldface capital letters
but they are not case-sensitive. In most cases the command is
responded to with an echo; that is, if you type
ZAP
,
for example,
and press “ENTER.” The response will be the command you
have entered. For other commands the response is specific for
each command, such as
VERSION
,
STATUS
, or
HELP
.
F.1 System Commands
Software Version
Function:
reports software version
Command:
VERSION
Argument:
none
Response:
KVH TV Cruiser Version XX.XX
System Status Report
Function:
reports general system status
Command:
STATUS
Argument:
none
Response: system status string,(TBD)
Initialize the System
Function:
initializes the system (perform a soft reset)
Command:
ZAP
Argument:
none
Response: echoes the command, then reinitializes the system
F-1
Maintenance Port Parser Commands
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Table F-1
System Commands