Product specifications

MBT-4000 Multi-Band Transceiver System Revision 4
Remote Control MN/MBT4000.IOM
A–22
Parameter
Type
Command
(Instruction
Code and
qualifier)
V
alid on
MBT,
BDC, or
BUC
Arguments
for Command
or Response
to Query
Description of Arguments
(Note that all arguments are ASCII numeric codes – i.e.,
ASCII codes between 48 and 57)
Response to
Command
(Target to
Controller)
Query
(Instruction
Code and
qualifier)
Response to
Query
(Target to
Controller)
Slope Adjust SSA=x.x BDC
BUC
3 bytes,
numeric
Command or Query.
Slope adjust level, valid from 0.0 to 1.0 with 0.1 resolution.
Example: SSA=0.3
SSA= (message OK)
SSA? (received OK,
but invalid arguments
found)
SSA* (message OK,
but not permitted in
current mode)
SSA! (command not
accepted by MBT-
4000 base unit. It
must be addressed
to BUC or BDC sub-
units)
SSA? SSA=x.x
(same format as
command
arguments)
Set
Redundancy
Switch
SSW=xy MBT 2 bytes Command only.
SSW control the switches dedicated to Slot1 or 2, and sets them
to either Port A or Port B.
Syntax: SSW=xy, where:
x = 1 or 2 depicting Slot 1 or 2
y = A or B depicting the switch direction.
Direction
A Switched to Converter on MBT_A
B Switched to Converter on MBT_B
SSW=(message OK)
SSW=xy
N/A N/A
Set RTC Time TIM=hhmmss All 6 bytes,
numeric
Command or Query.
A command in the form hhmmss, indicating the time from
midnight, where:
hh = hours, between 00 and 23
mm = minutes, between 00 and 59
ss = seconds, between 00 and 59
Example: TIM=231259 would be 23 hours, 12 minutes and 59
seconds from midnight.
TIM = (message OK)
TIM? (received OK,
but invalid arguments
found)
TIM * (message OK,
but not permitted in
current mode)
TIM? TIM=hhmmss
(same format as
command
arguments)
Retrieve
Number of
unread
Stored Alarms
N/A All 2 bytes,
numeric
Query only.
Returns the number of Stored Events which remain unread, in
the form xx.
Example reply: TNA=18
N/A TNA?
TNA=xx
(see description
for details of
arguments)