RAD Data comm ASMI-450 ASMi-450 Supervision Language, Command Language Syntax Command Options

ASMi-450 Control from the Control Port

4.4 ASMi-450 Supervision Language

Command Language Syntax

Command Options

This paragraph presents the ASMi-450 supervision language syntax, usage, and set of commands.

∙Commands can only be entered when the ASMi-450 control port prompt is displayed. The prompt is ASMI>, and it always appears at the beginning of a new line. The cursor appears to the right of the prompt.

∙Commands are case-insensitive, e.g. you can type commands in either lower case and/or upper case letters.

∙To correct typing errors, backspace by pressing the BACKSPACE key until the error is cleared, and then type again the correct command.

∙Use space as a separator between command fields and/or parameters.

∙Commands must end with a carriage return <CR>.

∙To cancel the current command, press BREAK or type CTRL-C. You will obtain again the ASMi-450 prompt.

The following general types of options are available with some commands. See details in the command set index, Table 4-1.

Option	Meaning	Example of Usage
/A	All	CLR ALM /A
		Clears all the alarms stored by the alarm buffer
/C	Clear	DSP ALM /C
		Displays all the alarms stored by the alarm buffer, and then clears all
		the alarms in the ON state stored by the alarm buffer
/CA	Clear all	DSP ALM /CA
		Displays all the alarms stored by the alarm buffer, and then clears all
		the alarms stored by the alarm buffer
/R	Repeat automatically	DSP ST PORT /R
	command execution.	Enables you to monitor the status of the user's data port.
	Available only when
	node address is 0

Command Protocol

∙If AUTOBAUD is on, start any session by pressing the <CR> key three times in sequence. This will ensure identification of terminal data rate.

∙When the ASMi-450 uses a non-zero node address, it expects an address before responding to the terminal commands. No response will occur until the node number is received and acknowledged by the addressed ASMi-450.

Acknowledgment is indicated by the echoing of the node address part, i.e. Node<SP>nnn<SP>, where <SP> stands for space.

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