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RS232, USB and Ethernet Command description for standard matrices
Command Syntax Response Action
1 *IDN? MS-1U18S-4/6-ENET
Returns string in ’Model Name’ in the configuration file.
As a minimum will have model name.
Could also have: Vendor, model, serial number, firmware revision (The response shown in this table
is just an example).
2 *OPC? 1 or 0 Gives 1 if previous operation was completed and gives 0 if previous operation is still not complete.
3 *RST
Puts all switches in the default position. (Transfer switches in pos.1. Most other switches in pos. 0 =
open).
4 ROUTE:SWITCHx y or :SWITCHx y Closes position y on switch x (N.B.: on SP12T x is 1)
5 ROUTE:SWITCHx? or :SWITCHx? n Gives current position of switch x (N.B.: on SP12T x is 1)
6 SET:DHCP ON or SET:DHCP OFF Turns DHCP mode ON or OFF
7 GET:DHCP ON or OFF Returns DHCP mode
8 SYST:IPADDRESS? xx.yy.zz.aa Returns system IP address
9 SYST:IPADDRESS xx.yy.zz.aa Sets system IP address to xx.yy.zz.aa
10 SYST:TCPPORT? n Returns TCP port number
11 SYST:TCPPORT x Sets TCP port number to x
12 SYST:GATEWAY? xx.yy.zz.aa Returns system gateway address
13 SYST:GATEWAY xx.yy.zz.aa Sets system gateway address to xx.yy.zz.aa
14 SYST:MASK? xx.yy.zz.aa Returns system subnet mask address
15 SYST:MASK xx.yy.zz.aa Sets system subnet mask address to xx.yy.zz.aa
16 SYST:MACADDRESS? xx.yy.zz Returns system MAC address
17 SYST:SERIALNUMBER? n Returns system serial number
18 SYST:TIMEOUT? n Returns Time out setting for TCP/IP connection (n is in seconds)
19 SYST:TIMEOUT x Sets Time out setting for TCP/IP connection (x is in seconds)
20 SYST:ERR? or SYST:ERROR? -4,SYNTAX ERROR
Returns system error number and error description. (The response shown in this table is just an
example).
21 SYST:STATUS?
SWITx y;SWITx y;SWITx
y;… ;SWITx y;LOC;PWR1
OK;PWR2 FAULT;
ERRORS 5,3,0
This command will return all Switch positions, Local/Remote mode, Power supply status and Errors
list in the error buffer separated by a semicolon.
22 SYST:SCREENSAVER? n Returns time setting for the screen saver (n is in minutes)
23 SYST:SCREENSAVER x Sets time setting for the screen saver (x is in minutes)