Any bits set in the Status Byte Register which correspond to bits set in the Service Request
Enable Register will cause the RQS/MSS bit to be set in the Status Byte Register, thus
generating a Service Request on the bus.
The Status Byte Register is read either by the ∗STB? command, which will return MSS in bit 6, or
by a Serial Poll which will return RQS in bit 6. The Service Request Enable register is set by the
∗SRE <nrf> command and read by the ∗SRE? command.
Bit 7 -
FLT. This is the fault bit which will be set when an output fault is detected, i.e. an
execution error between 1 and 99 has occurred.
Bit 6 -
RQS/MSS. This bit, as defined by IEEE Std. 488.2, contains both the Requesting
Service message and the Master Status Summary message. RQS is returned in
response to a Serial Poll and MSS is returned in response to the ∗STB? command.
Bit 5 -
ESB. The Event Status Bit. This bit is set if any bits set in the Standard Event Status
Register correspond to bits set in the Standard Event Status Enable Register.
Bit 4 -
MAV. The Message Available Bit. This will be set when the instrument has a
response message formatted and ready to send to the controller. The bit will be
cleared after the Response Message Terminator has been sent.
Bit 3 -
Not used.
Bit 2 -
Not used.
Bit 1 -
Not used.
Bit 0 -
LIM. The Limit status bit. This bit is set if any bits set in the Limit Event Status
Register correspond to bits set in the Limit Event Status Enable Register.
Status Model
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