User Manual

AirLink Pro T1/E1 Rack Mount Installer’s Guide
Configuration
Rev. B - 1/97
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Command-Line Format
The general syntax of a command line consists of a basic command keyword
followed by additional keywords and operands that qualify the command
keyword:
BASIC_KEYWORD KEYWORD_1 … KEYWORD_n operand; comment
The command-line format and syntax is based upon the following :
❚ Separators: Each keyword or operand must be separated by a separator
character—a space or a TAB character. Extra space characters between two
command elements are treated as one space character.
❚ Order: The basic command keyword must be the first word of the command.
All operands that relate to a keyword must immediately follow that
keyword in the prescribed order. Keywords relating to another keyword
must follow that keyword.
❚ Comments: In a case where the command line is part of a file that is sent to
the remote interface, you can add comments to a command line by appending
a semicolon character (;) to the end of the command line, followed by the
text of the comment. The command interpreter ignores the semicolon and
any characters following it except <Return>.
❚ Length: The maximum keyword length is 15 characters. The maximum
command-line length is 250 characters, including comment text, separator
characters, and <Return>. Any command that exceeds this length is
rejected with an appropriate error message.
❚ Short forms of keywords: You can save keystrokes when typing commands
by abbreviating a keyword to the first four characters of the keyword.
❚ Case: Commands are not sensitive to case. You can enter keywords as all
upper-case characters, all lower-case characters, or as any combination.
❚ Choosing from a list of options: The notation
{ x1 | x2 | ... | xn }
showing numbers or terms separated by vertical bars indicates that you can
select one of the elements in the listed set of x1 to xn. For example, in the set
of options:
{ 0 | 133 | 266 | 399 | 533}
you can choose any one of the listed values.