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24 Command Reference Chapter 3
STATus
The STATus subsystem commands access the condition, event, and enable registers
in the Operation Status Group and the Questionable Data Group.
Subsystem Syntax STATus
:OPERation
:CONDition?
:ENABle <
event
>
:ENABle?
[:EVENt]?
:PRESet
:QUEStionable
:CONDition?
:ENABle <
event
>
:ENABle?
[:EVENt]?
:OPERation :CONDition?
STATus:OPERation:CONDition? returns the state of the condition register in the
Operation Status Group. The state represents conditions which are part of an
instrument’s operation.
Comments • Related Commands: STAT:OPER:ENABle, STAT:OPER:EVENt?
Example Reading the contents of the condition register
STAT:OPER:COND?
Query register.
:OPERation:ENABle
STATus:OPERation:ENABle <event> sets an enable mask to allow events
monitored by the condition register and recorded in the event register, to send a
summary bit to the Status Byte register (bit 7).
Parameters
Comments • When the summary bit is sent, it sets bit 7 in the Status Byte register.
• Related Commands: STAT:OPER:ENABle?
Example Unmasking bit 8 in the Event Register
STAT:OPER:ENAB 256
Unmask bit 8.
Parameter
Name
Parameter
Type
Range of
Values
Default
Units
event numeric 0-65535 none