Every VTSManager command sequence submitted through the DK1MEXEC utility program consists of a command and a list of one or more parameters. Each parameter consists of a keyword set to a corresponding value with an equal sign (=), and the entire command sequence is terminated by a semicolon (;).
An example of a properly constructed command sequence looks like this:
COMMAND KEYWORD1=VALUE KEYWORD2=VALUE;The number of KEYWORD=VALUE parameters you can specify depends on the command. All required and optional parameters for every command are described later in this chapter.
The following rules apply to DK1MEXEC command sequences:
- Each command sequence must begin on a new line.
- Valid keyword=value parameters may be specified in any order.
- Commands and keyword=value parameters must be separated from each other by at least one blank.
- Command sequences may span multiple lines, and any number of blanks may be used, provided that commands, keywords, and value fields are not split up.
- The character set for command sequences is limited to the uppercase letters A-Z, the numbers 0-9, and the national characters @, #, and $, except for comments.
- A command sequence must be terminated by a semicolon (;). Anything following a semicolon on the same line is treated as a comment.
- Any input statement starting with an asterisk (*) in column one is treated as a comment.
- Columns 73-80 of all input statements are ignored.
The following rules apply to VTS names and alias names in VTSManager parameters:
- Lower case letters are not allowed.
- Names must be one to eight characters in length. Names shorter than eight characters will be automatically padded on the right with blanks.
- The first character of a name must be an upper-case letter (A-Z) or a national character (@, #, or $).
- Characters of a name after the first must be an upper-case letter (A-Z), a number (0-9), or a national character (@, #, or $).