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renaming it to CBA. You always rename the command number to the new name, not the old
name to the new name. This eliminates any confusion if you forget a command's name or if
you have more 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 10
was changed, that would no longer work. If we enter "N010 009 ABC", it will work even if
command 10 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.
Advanced Command Naming Topics:
You probably don't need to read this section, but it is here just in case. If it doesn't make sense
to you, just skip it.
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