Sending and Receiving Messages

After successfully establishing a connection with the TL1 device, you can query by sending commands. The commands can be sent from the Craft Interface in one of the following ways:

• Using List

• Using Command Set

• Using Data Set

Using List

This is the crude and easy way of sending commands to the device and get responses. In the list mode, you can either type a command manually in the text field shown in the right panel or load commands from a text file. Click the Send button to send the commands. Alternatively, you can also double-click on the selected command in the list or use the Enter button to send the command. The responses will be displayed in the text area of the right panel.

In this mode, commands can be sent one at a time, or multiple commands can be selected to be sent as bulk. The figure below shows how to perform the query operation one at a time.

To send one command at a time:

1. Select the command from the list.

2. Edit the command (if you wish) in the right panel.

3. Click the Send button to send the command.

The responses can be viewed in the right panel.

The bulk mode of sending commands is discussed in the next section.

Using Command Set

You can also send commands to the device by loading the command set file. Follow the steps mentioned here to send commands using the command set file:

1. Select the command from the message tree.

2. Edit the command (if you wish) in the right panel. The Craft Interface splits the command into parameter blocks and each block can be edited separately. If default values for the parameter is specified in the command set file, they are displayed in the combo box. You can simply select the value from the combo box or edit these values (if necessary) in the input message field.

3. Click the Send button to send the command. The responses can be viewed in the right panel.

The figure below shows one such command sent by selecting it from the TL1 Message Tree.

Using Data Set

The data set way of sending commands to the device is same as command set. The only difference is that, the message cannot be edited field. Follow the steps mentioned here to send commands from the data set:

1. Select a input message data from the message tree.

2. Edit the command (if you wish) from the input message field in right panel.

3. Click the Send button to send the command. The responses can be viewed in the right panel.

The figure below shows one such command sent by selecting it from the TL1 Message Tree.