Mercury Commands

Common Commands

See Device Object Common Commands for commands that are common to all device types.

Command	Description	Parameters
Test Communication	When executed, ACM will poll a known OPC item from the device and wait for the response to see if the communication is good.	None
Retrieve History	Requests the retrieval of all enabled archive record types.	None
Retrieve Meter Config during next history poll	Retrieves meter configuration data for all meters during the next history retrieval.	None
Retrieve audit log config during next history poll	Retrieves the information the driver uses to identify the data that is in the audit log records during the next history retrieval.	None
Retrieve device config during next history poll	Retrieves the device configuration during the next history retrieval (firmware version, etc).	None
Reset Audit Pointer	Clears the audit retrieval position so retrieval starts at the oldest record.	None
Reset Event Pointer	Clears the event retrieval position so retrieval starts at the oldest record.	None
Reset Alarm Pointer	Clears the alarm retrieval position so retrieval starts at the oldest record.	None
Move Audit Pointer Back	Moves the saved audit retrieval position to an older record. Enter the Timestamp to move back.	Timestamp
Skip Audit	Moves the saved hourly retrieval position forward. Enter the number of records to skip.	Record Count
Time Sync	Causes a comparison of the date and time in the device to the host date and time. Once compared, the configured rules of the selected time sync object will be applied - including time zone and daylight saving options.	None