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RLC-4 V1.79 Copyright © 1998 Link Communications Inc. 9/18/98
Chapter 5: Command Names
This chapter deals with command names and controlling when those command names will be
accepted and executed by the controller.
Command name programming, checking and recalling
Blocking and allowing command execution
How Command Names and Command Numbers are Used:
The RLC-4 controller has 250 commands. The first 150 are commands that do a specific task and
are described in this manual. The rest of the commands are macros that automatically execute a
sequence of other commands. The controller automatically uses some of the macros to send ID's,
courtesy beeps, and other things. These macros that are called automatically are described in
Chapter 8. The remainder of the macros can be used for anything you want, such as turning on a
link and sending a message for example.
Command Names:
Any of the 250 commands can be executed by entering DTMF digits from a radio, from the reverse
autopatch, or with a computer or serial terminal that is connected to the controller's RS-232 serial
port. To execute the commands, you enter the command's name and unkey or press enter. To
execute some of the first 150 commands, you have to enter more digits after the command name, to
give the controller more information.
The command names default to 000, 001, 002..249. So to recall the crosspoint (command 009),
you would just enter 009 and unkey. All of the other commands are similar.
You can change the name of any or all of the commands using command 010. The name can be
changed to any combination of DTMF digits up to six digits long. Normally you should avoid using
the 'D' as part of the command names to avoid conflicting with the force-execution digit (see
command 078). If you are doing your programming from a computer or serial terminal, you can
use characters that aren't DTMF digits in your command names, but then you won't be able to
execute them from a radio.
Command Numbers:
The controller keeps track of both what the command was originally named (what it is in the
manual) and what you may have renamed it to (they start out the same, 000, 001...). The original
name is sometimes called the command number and it never changes. The command number is
used for several things. One of them is renaming commands. To rename command 009 to ABC,
you would enter "010 009 ABC", where 010 is the rename command, 009 is the command number,
and ABC is the new name. If you then change your mind and want it to be called CBA, you would
enter "010 009 CBA". Note that you still use 009, not ABC, when renaming it to CBA. You
always use the command number (what is in the manual) when changing the command’s name, not
the old name. This eliminates any confusion if you forget a command's name or if you have more
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