7.6 Status Report
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7.6 Status Report
The IEEE488.2 provides common commands available to all the GPIB devices.
The common commands are classified as device message, and report the GPIB de-
vice status.
Informing a device status is called a status report. Status model is also standardized
in IEEE488.2 and referred to as a standard status model. That is, the status of any
IEEE488.2-compliant GPIB device can be read by using a common command, re-
gardless of the kind of devices.