46 Chapter 1
Introduction to Programming X-Series Applications
STATus Subsystem (Remote Only Commands)
Questionable Enable This command determines which bits in the Questionable Event
register will set the Questionable Status Summary bit (bit3) in the Status Byte Register.
The variable <integer> is the sum of the decimal values of the bits you want to enable.
The preset condition is all bits in this enable register set to 0. To have any Questionable
Events reported to the Status Byte Register, one or more bits need to be set to 1. The
Status Byte Event Register should be queried after each measurement to check the
Questionable Status Summary (bit 3). If it is equal to 1, a condition during the test may
have made the test results invalid. If it is equal to 0, this indicates that no hardware
problem or measurement problem was detected by the analyzer.
Questionable Event Query This query returns the decimal value of the sum of the bits in
the Questionable Event register.
The register requires that the associated PTR or NTR filters be set before a condition
register bit can set a bit in the event register. The data in this register is latched until it is
queried. Once queried, the register is cleared.
Example STAT:QUES:COND?
Preset 0
SCPI Status Bits/OPC
Dependencies
Sequential command
Mode All
Remote Command :STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle 16 Sets the register so that
temperature summary is reported to the Status Byte Register
:STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle?
Example STAT:OPER:PTR 1 Align Now operation beginning is
reported to the Status Byte Register.
Preset 0
Min 0
Max 32767
SCPI Status Bits/OPC
Dependencies
Sequential command
Mode All
Remote Command :STATus:QUEStionable[:EVENt]?
Example STAT:QUES?
Preset 0
SCPI Status Bits/OPC
Dependencies
Sequential command