Agilent Technologies E4445A User Manual

Chapter 6 361
Using the STATus System
Using the Status Registers
Using the STATus System
Operation and Questionable Status Registers
The operation and questionable status registers are registers that
monitor the overall instrument condition. They are accessed with the
STATus:OPERation and STATus:QUEStionable commands in the
STATus command subsystem. See the figure on page 353.
Operation Status Register
The operation status register monitors the current instrument
measurement state. It checks to see if the instrument is calibrating,
sweeping, or waiting for a trigger. For more information see the *OPC?
command located in the IEEE Common Commands section.
Bit Condition Operation
0 Calibrating The instrument is busy executing its automatic
alignment process
3 Sweeping The instrument is busy taking a sweep.
5 Waiting for trigger The instrument is waiting for the trigger
conditions to be met, then it will trigger a
sweep or measurement.

Agilent Technologies E4445A Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	E4445A
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English