The return format is in this case:
QM4.1 Keyer mode.IAMBIC A.Straight#IAMBIC A#IAMBIC
B#Ultimatic;
The return format here is:
QMm.s t.v.l;
where:
QM
The CAT command identifier
m
the number of the main menu. In this case menu 4, the Keyer menu
.
a period, that separates the menu and the submenu number
s
the number of the sub-menu. This could be 1 digit or 2 digits. Note that unlike the command
query, the response is NOT forced to be 2-digits with the leading zero.
a space character which separate the sub-menu number the menu title
t
The title of the sub-menu, in this case “Keyer mode”.
.
A period character which separates the title from the menu item value
v
The value of the configuration menu item
.
OPTIONAL: Another period which delimits the following field, only if present
l
OPTIONAL: A #-delimited list of possible values for the configuration menu item
;
Command termination character
The two OPTIONAL fields are only present if the queried menu item is a list menu item. For
numeric and text menus, these are not present.
QM set command:
As an example consider the command:
QM4.010;
The set command format is:
QMm.ssv;
where:
QM
The CAT command identifier
m
the number of the main menu. In this case menu 4, the Keyer menu
.
a period, that separates the menu and the submenu number
ss
the number of the sub-menu. ss must be provided as two digits, even if you are reading the
value from a sub menu less than ten; for example to read menu 4.1 of the QCX+, you
would send QM4.01; (sub menu 01, including the leading zero).
v
The value to be written to the configuration menu item
The value v depends on the type of menu being written. For a numeric menu item, it must be only
numeric digits (without any thousands separators). For a text menu, the text can contain any text
that would be appropriate in the context, but not the semi-colon character. For a list menu, v must
be a number indexing the value in the possible list of values.
Therefore in our example above,
QM4.010;
Menu 4.01’s value is set to the 0’th value in the list of possible items; this is “Straight” [key mode].
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