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Power Meter Remote Operation
Status Reporting
HP E4418B/E4419B Programming Guide 1-85
Operation Status
The Operation Status group monitors conditions in the power meter’s
measurement process.
The Operation status model is shown in the pullout at the end of this
chapter.
The following bits in these registers are used by the power meter:
The condition bits are set and cleared under the following conditions:
Bit
Number
Decimal
Weight
Definition
0 1 CALibrating Summary
1 - 3 - Not used
4 16 MEASuring Summary
5 32 Waiting for TRIGger Summary
6 - 9 - Not used
10 1024 SENSe Summary
11 2048 Lower Limit Fail Summary
12 4096 Upper Limit Fail Summary
13 to 14 - Not used
15 - Not used (always 0)
Bit
Number
Meaning EVENts Causing Bit Changes
0 CALibrating This is a summary bit for the Operation
CALibrating Register.
SET: At beginning of zeroing
(CALibration:ZERO:AUTO ONCE) and at the
beginning of calibration (CALibration:AUTO
ONCE). Also for the compound command/query
CALibration[:ALL]?, this bit is set at the
beginning of the zero.
CLEARED: At the end of zeroing or calibration.