Status Byte Register
The Status Byte register contains the summary bits of the Questionable Data
Register Group, the Standard Operation Register Group, the Standard Event
Register, the counter error queue, and the output buffer
The Master Summary RQS bit (Bit 6) is set (1) when any other bit in the Status
Byte register is set.
Reading the Status Byte Register
The Status Byte register is read with either of the following commands:
*STB?
SPOLL
Both commands return the decimal weighted sum of all set bits in the register.
The difference between the commands is that
The serial poll (SPOLL) does clear bit 6.
All bits in the Status Byte register (except bit 4) are cleared with the command:
*CLS
Bit 4 is cleared when data is read from the output buffer.
Service Request Enable Register
The Service Request Enable register specifies which (status group) summary bit(s)
will send a service request message to the computer.
The bits are specified with the command:
*SRE <enable>
*SRE?
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: decimal value corresponding to the binary-weighted sum of the bits in
enable
the register. For example, to enable the bit representing the Questionable Data
Register Group:
*SRE 8
and Programmer's Reference contain examples using the
*STB?
.
Instrument Status
(Figure
8-1).
does not clear bit 6 (RQS).
(query form)
STATus
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