You can interact with the control through a series of commands. They are divided into device commands and shell commands.

Device Commands

Device commands (also called ASCII directives) are all those operations that are specific to the connected device, thus not expected (nor predictable) by either the command shell or the BCC/31 communication protocol. They are handled by RTE.

They reside in the etc/shc directory in the file rte.shc tab "device commands." In this file they have simply been listed in order to make them appear in the shell selection window and to hook them into the online help accessible by typing help <space> command name.

They can be used:

•From the application program using the instruction command

•From the STP system files on the compact flash

•From external program via serial

See Device Command List for a list of available device commands.

NOTE: If sent from Shell RDE3, "device command" is specified in the response.

Shell commands

Shell commands are predefined operations of the shell itself and standard operations defined in related command files, conforming to the requirements of the BCC/31 communication protocol, thus formally independent of the type of device connected.

List of available libraries:

•Shell Library. These are commands native to the RDE3 shell tool. They are independent of the connected hardware platform

•BCC library (bcc.shc file). Robox factory library

•RTE library (rte.shc file). Robox factory library

•CUSTOM library (custom.shc file). Library available to the O.E.M. It must be present in the workspace director. By default it is not loaded by RDE3

•SBC library (sbc.shc file). Support library for drives produced by Parker division SBC

•FB library (fb.shc file). Support library for devices present on fieldbus

Press here for the list of commands found in the shell library, or press here for the list of commands found in the other libraries.

NOTE: The commands in the libraries (excluding the shell library) are implemented through the X/Script language using the commands made available by the BCC protocol.

The list of commands displayed on the shell on request (press appropriate button or "tab" key is nothing more than a display of all the commands in the *.shc files in the etc/shc/ directory.