User's Manual

36 MDS 9810 Installation and Operation Guide MDS 05-3301A01, Rev. C
ADDR [1...65000]
This command sets or displays the radio’s network address. The net-
work address can range from 1 to 65000.
Network address must be programmed at the time of installation and
must be common across each radio in a given network. Radios are typi-
cally shipped with the network address unprogrammed. This causes the
address to display as
NONE. This leaves the system in an invalid state and
prevents operation.
NOTE: It is recommended that the last four digits of the master radio’s
serial number be used for the network address (or chassis serial
number if the radio is installed in a P-20 redundant chassis).
AMASK [0000 0000–FFFF FFFF]
This command sets the alarm bits that cause the alarm output signal to
be triggered. The
PWR LED will still flash for all alarms, but the alarm
output signal will only be activated for those alarms that have the corre-
sponding mask bit set. The hex value for the mask aligns directly with
the hex value for the
ALARM command. The default is FFFF FFFF.
Through proper use of the
AMASK command, it is possible to tailor the
alarm response of the radio. Contact the factory for more information on
configuring the alarm mask.
ASENSE [HI/LO]
This command is used to set or display the sense of the alarm output at
Pin 25 of the
DATA INTERFACE connector. The default for transceivers is
active
HI.
BAUD [xxxxx abc]
This command sets or displays the communication attributes for the
DATA INTERFACE port. The command has no effect on the RJ-11
DIAG(NOSTICS) port.
The first parameter (
xxxxx) is baud rate. Baud rate is specified in
bits-per-second and must be one of the following speeds: 1200, 2400,
4800, 9600, 19200, or 38400. In the worst case, the radio will always
accept a minimum of 500 data bytes in a single continuous data trans-
mission. At baud rates of 4800 bps or less, the radio can support unlim-
ited continuous data transmission at any hop rate. If hop time is set to
NORMAL or LONG, baud rates of up to 19200 bps with continuous unlim-
ited data transmission are possible. (See
HOPTIME command.)
The second parameter of the
BAUD command (abc) is a 3-character block
indicating how the data is encoded. The following is a breakdown of
each character’s meaning: