Chapter 3 Programming Your Universal Counter for Remote Operation
Status Reporting
3-30 Programming Guide
Operation Status Register Group
The Operation Status Register Group monitors conditions which are part of the
Counter’s normal operation.
Table 3-7 lists the Operation Status Register bits and briefly describes each bit.
Table 3-7. Operation Status Register
BIT WEIGHT DESCRIPTION
0 1 Calibrating
1 Not used
2 Not used
3 Not used
4 16 Measuring
5 Not used
6 Not used
7 Not used
8 256 Computing Statistics
9 512 Using Internal Reference
10 1024 In Limit Event
11–14 Not used
15 Not used since some controllers may have difficulty
reading a 16-bit unsigned integer. The value of this bit
shall always be 0.
A detailed description of each bit in the Operation Status Register follows:
• Bit 0 (Calibrating) is a condition bit which indicates the Counter is
currently performing a (front-panel invoked or HP-IB invoked)
calibration.
The condition bit is TRUE (one) during a calibration and FALSE (zero)
otherwise.
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