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not aected by the condition that caused the SRQ. The serial poll command
transfers the value of the Status Byte register to a variable.
*CLS
Syntax *CLS
Denition The *CLS command clears the following:
Error queue
Standard event status register (ESR)
Status byte register (STB)
After the *CLS command the instrument is left waiting for the
next command. The instrument setting is unaltered by the
command, though *OPC / *OPC? actions are canceled.
If the *CLS command occurs directly after a program message
terminator, the output queue and MAV, bit 4, in the status byte
register are cleared, and if condition bits 2-0 of the status byte
register are zero, MSS, bit 6 of the status byte register is also
zero.
Example OUTPUT 724;"*CLS"
*ESE
Syntax *ESE < wsp >< value >
0  value  255
Denition The *ESE command sets bits in the standard event status enable
register (ESE) that enable the corresponding bits in the standard
event status register (ESR).
The register is cleared:
At power-on
By sending a value of zero
The register is not changed by the *RST and *CLS commands.
Remote Commands 5-7