Specifications

Response Element Type and Size Description
Tag (ASCII-16-A) A file name of the form <MJD>_<Reference Number>,
where MJD is the MJD on which recording is sched-
uled to begin, and Reference number is the reference
number of the command message which scheduled the
recording.
4.6.3 DEL
Command: Delete
Description: This command deletes a recording from internal storage.
Argument Format: <Tag>
Argument Type and Size Description
Tag (ASCII-16-A) A file name of the form <MJD>_<Reference Number>.
See section 4.6.2 for more information.
4.6.4 STP
Command: Stop
Description: This command halts or prevents the specified recording. If the
recording is scheduled but not in-progress, it is deleted from the
schedule and the corresponding hard drive space is freed. If the
recording is in progress, it is halted and the corresponding file is
closed, but not deleted.
Argument Format: <Tag>
Argument Type and Size Description
Tag (ASCII-16-A) A file name of the form <MJD>_<Reference Number>.
See section 4.6.2 for more information.
4.6.5 GET
Command: Get
Description: The Get command retrieves a portion of a specified recording.
Argument Format: <Tag>’<Start Byte>’<Length>
Response Format: <Data>
Argument Type and Size Description
Tag (ASCII-16-A) A file name of the form <MJD>_<Reference Number>.
See section 4.6.2 for more information.
Start Byte (ASCII-15-#) The byte offset within the file to start retrieval at.
Length (ASCII-15-#) The number of bytes to return. This is limited to the
maximum size of a R-COMMENT field in a command
response, or 8146 bytes.
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