55 Spyder2 User’s Manual
03-032-10091-06 Teledyne DALSA
:a CR
<CR><LF>a 0>
Example: query command followed by a READY reply
:a CR
<CR><LF>a 1>
After all cameras return the READY status, use the gps to poll each camera for the return
codes of the sent broadcast command.
Note, the QUERY BUSY mode is active only after a broadcast command, normally the
camera does not support this mode of operation. The controlling software must wait for a
repl y from the camera befor e sendi ng the next command.
Camera will not reply to the Broadcast command.
To read the status of the last command executed (major error code + coded value of
informal messages) and coded value for all pending monitoring task warnings poll each
camera by usi ng netw ork version of the
gps command.
Example: reading status from camera ID "a"
:a gps
Enabling/Disabling Non-Command Messages in the
Network Environment
To enable/ disable camer a messages unrelated to the executed command, such as
initialization and monitoring task messages, use the command
snm i.
Value Function
0 Enabl e messages, defaul t
B2 Error Handling
Use the gps command to read the status of the last command executed. Return values
come in the following order:
• Deci mal number repr esenti ng the code of the last command.
• Deci mal number repr esenti ng the er r or code for last command execu ted.
• Deci mal v alue repr esenti ng sum of all i nform al message codes caused by l ast
command executed.
• Decimal number representing sum of all pending warning values from all monitoring
task s.
Example: value returned following a ccf command
gps
2 0 192 33
The returned v al ue, 2 0 192 33, reads as follow s: