Omega Vehicle Security 1400 User Manual

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Appendix A
API Commands
ChartScan User’s Manual
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Command Reference
 The following pages provide the command set for ChartScan.  For each command, the command name,
the descriptive name, and the command description are given.  In turn, the command description
includes the following format.
 
Command Description Format
 
Type
 This item refers to the part of the system that the command acts upon.  The defined Types are as
follows:
 
Type
 
Definition
 
Acquisition
 
Refers to those commands which affect how the scans/channels are acquired.
 
Buffer
 
Refers to those commands which affect the buffer operations and/or pointers.
 
Calibration
 
Refers to those commands which affect instrument calibration.
 
Channel
 
Refers to those commands which affect channel configuration and/or acquisition.
 
System
 
Refers to those commands which affect general system functionality.
 
 
Execution
 This item refers to the point in time which an interpreted command is executed.  The defined
Executions are as follows:
 
 
Execution
 
Definition
 
Immediate
 
Indicates that the command will be executed immediately upon successful parsing of the
command and instrument parameters.
 
Deferred
 
Indicates that the command will be saved and executed later (after successfully parsing
and performing an Execute (X) command).
 
 
The Commands
 The following pages presents the API Command Reference for ChartScan.  The API Commands have
been arranged in alphabetical order by command syntax with the 
@
 and 
*
 characters preceding the
alphabetical characters, and with 
?
 preceding the letter 
Q
.