Anritsu MS9710C - Section 8 Status Structure

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Status Structure
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This section explains the device status data specified by IEEE 488.2, the status
data structure, and the technique of synchronization between a device and a con-
troller.
IEEE 488.2 additionally provides common commands and common queries to
get more detailed information compared with IEEE 488.1. For details on these
commands and queries, see Section 7.
8.1 IEEE 488.2 Standard Status Model ............... 8-3
8.2 Status Byte (STB) Register ........................... 8-5
8.2.1 ESB and MAV summary message ..... 8-5
8.2.2 Device dependent summary message 8-6
8.2.3 Reading and Clearing
the STB register ................................. 8-7
8.3 Enabling the SRQ .......................................... 8-10
8.4 Standard Event Status Register .................... 8-12
8.4.1 Definition of standard event status
register bits ......................................... 8-12
8.4.2 Details on query errors ....................... 8-13
8.4.3 Reading, writing, and clearing
the standard event status register ...... 8-14
8.4.4 Reading, writing, and clearing the standard
event status enable register ............... 8-14
8.5 Extended Event Status Register.................... 8-15
8.5.1 Definition of END event status
register bits ......................................... 8-16
8.5.2 Definition of ERROR event status
register bits ......................................... 8-17
8.5.3 Reading, writing, and clearing the extended
event status register ........................... 8-18
8.5.4 Reading, writing, and clearing the extended
event status enable register ............... 8-18
8.6 Queue Model ................................................. 8-19
Section 8 Status Structure