Symmetricom 1100, 1000 manual TL1 Overview, TL1 Command Structure, Symbol Description

Chapter 4 Provisioning the TimeProvider

TL1 Overview

TL1 Overview

The TimeProvider uses the TL1 syntax; this chapter and the TimeProvider TL1 Reference Guide describes command lines and responses. For a complete description of the TL1 syntax, refer to Telcordia (Bellcore) Technical Reference TR-NWT-00831 and TR-NWT-00833.

TL1 Command Structure

The TL1 commands you issue to the TimeProvider use the following structure:

verb-modifier:tid:aid:[<ctag>]::<keyword>=<value;

where:

: (colon) is a block separator

, (comma) is a parameter field separator

;(semicolon) is the terminating character for commands and responses [ ] (square brackets) indicate optional parameters

Adjacent colons indicate unused fields. If an unused field is the last parameter in the list, for example the general block or the parameter block, you can omit the colon and simply type the semicolon.

If you enter a space in the command string, the TimeProvider ignores it.

TL1 commands are not case-sensitive.

Table 4-1describes the syntax used in this manual.

Table 4-1. TL1 Syntax Conventions

Symbol	Description
^	Space character (ASCII 0x20)
<cr>	Carriage return (ASCII 0x0D)
<lf>	Line feed (ASCII 0x0A)
[ ... ]	Optional command parameter or data
< ... >	ASCII characters sent in commands or returned in response
( ... )	Numeric data that can be positive or negative

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