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Chapter 4 Operation
4.3 Command Character Set and Syntax
The only characters used for commands and parameters are:
• The letters A to Z and a to z, referred to as <letter>. The case of characters in command names and
parameter names is not significant.
• The digits 0 to 9, referred to as <digit>
• - (hyphen), CR (FE5), SP (space), $(dollar), & (ampersand), * (asterisk),
: (colon), ; (semicolon) / (solidus), . (full stop/period) and = (equals sign)
• The DEL (Delete) character or the BS (Backspace) character is used to delete characters on the current
line.
• The CAN character (Ctrl X) is used as an abort character.
It is possible to indicate several simple values for the same parameter by grouping parameter arguments
using the operators & or &&. For example, 3&6 indicates the simple parameter arguments 3 and 6. A
sequence of consecutive simple parameter arguments is indicated by writing the lower and upper simple
parameter arguments separated by &&, hence 4&&8 indicates the simple parameter arguments 4, 5, 6, 7
and 8.
Comments are allowed in command input, and can appear in any position on the command line. A comment
is defined as a character string enclosed between the separators /* (solidus asterisk) and */ (asterisk
solidus), where the character string can contain any characters except the format effector characters (HT –
Horizontal Tab, LF – Line Feed, VT – Vertical Tab, FF – Form Feed and CR – Carriage Return) and the
sequence */.
4.4 Command Formats
To allow easy command recognition and familiarization, all the commands share a common five character
format:
XXYYZ
where:
• XX = Command group
• YY = Function within group
• Z = Operation code
The following operation codes are used:
• C = Change
• E = End
• I = Initiate
• P = Print
• S = Set
Note: The term “print” refers to output to the serial port in use for the dialog procedure.
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