Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions ACT 250 Idn, #adrECHOFFCRLF, Software version

Commissioning

Detailed description of RS commands

ECH Enables or disables command echoing

Syntax #adrECHON<CR>[<LF>]

enables all characters received to be echoed over the serial port

or

#adrECHOFF<CR>[<LF>]

disables characters received from being echoed over the serial port.

Result #adr,ok

Comments:

-This command is disabled in RS 485 operation, the value OFF is required.

-Using a loop-type RS 232 network requires “ECHON”.

HDR Defines the start character for a command reply string

Syntax #adrHDRnnn<CR>[<LF>]

nnn:3-digit decimal value of the ascii code of the corresponding character (with leading zeros). condition : 020 •nnn •255

Result ?adr,ok	? is the desired character.
#adr,ErrX	if error

Allows the user to distinguish between the first character in a “command” string (for which # cannot be changed) and the first character of a “reply” string. Affects the first character of all replies.

Default value: the hash sign, # (ascii code = 035)

If ok, the selected value is automatically stored in user memory.

IDN	Identifies the device which is communicating, and its
	software version
Syntax	#adrIDN<CR>[<LF>]
Result	#adr, VS.... - Vx.zz’
	or
	#adr, VS.... - Vx.zz for “Alcatel pump type”

Returns the type of Variator Supervisor, the software version (x), the software edition (zz), and the type of pump for which this variator is set up.

January 2001

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