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than one command with the same name.
Command numbers are also used when programming macros (see commands 053 and 056), setting
DTMF execution masks (commands 130..132) and several other things. Remember that you use
the command name to execute the commands; you sometimes use the command number as part of
the information you enter after a command name.
When you execute a command from the serial port, you can enter the command name just as you
would from a radio or the reverse patch, hitting enter instead of unkeying when you are finished.
That is why the prompt you get when you press enter is "DTMF>"; you can enter digits just like
they were DTMF digits. There is also a way to execute commands from the serial port using the
command number. This is handy because the command number never changes. To execute a
command using its number, just put an N at the beginning of the line, followed by the command
number and any other digits that command might need (see command 080 for information about
how this works internally). We could rename command 009 to ABC from the serial port just as we
did from the radio, by entering "010 009 ABC" and pressing enter (spaces are always accepted but
never required). But if the name of command 010 was changed, that would no longer work. If we
enter "N010 009 ABC", it will work even if command 010 has been renamed because the N makes
the controller use the command number for command 010 rather than its name. This is especially
useful if you store a list of commands in a file on a computer (so you can upload the whole file to
the controller and set it up all at once), as you don't have to worry about whether any of the
commands you use in that file have been renamed. The ‘N’ cannot be used from a radio, since there
is no DTMF digit ‘N’. You wouldn't want it to be possible from a radio anyway, or it would be a
major security problem.
Converting Command Name <--> Command Number:
Command Number ---> Command name is accomplished with Command C011
If you have forgotton the name of command number 009, you can find out what it is by entering
"011 009" and unkeying or pressing enter, or you can just change it to the name you want it to
have with 010.
Command Name ---> Command number is accomplished with Command 012
If you know that entering a command name of "ABC123" causes a command to execute but
you don't know what command number it is executing, you can use command 012 to find out by
entering "012 ABC123" and unkeying or pressing enter.
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