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IEEE and STATus Commands (Remote Commands Only)
Clear Status
IEEE and STATus Commands (Remote 
Commands Only)
Clear Status
Clears the status byte register. It does this by emptying the error queue and clearing all 
bits in all of the event registers. The status byte register summarizes the states of the 
other registers. It is also responsible for generating service requests.
Mode All modes
Remote Command *CLS
Example *CLS Clears the error queue and the Status Byte Register.
Remote Command Notes For related commands, see the SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]? 
command. See also the STATus:PRESet command and all 
commands in the STATus subsystem.
SCPI Status Bits/OPC 
Dependencies
Resets all bits in all event registers to 0, which resets all the 
status byte register bits to 0 also