System SourceMeterĀ® Instrument Reference Manual  Section 7: 
 
2600BS-901-01 Rev. B / May 2013  7-269 
 
 
Bit  Value  Description 
status.MEASUREMENT_SUMMARY_BIT 
status.MSB 
Set summary bit indicates that an enabled measurement 
event has occurred.  
B1  Not used  Not applicable 
status.EAV 
Set summary bit indicates that an error or status message 
is present in the Error Queue.  
Bit B2 decimal value: 4 
status.QUESTIONABLE_SUMMARY_BIT 
status.QSB 
Set summary bit indicates that an enabled questionable 
event has occurred.  
Bit B3 decimal value: 8 
status.MAV 
Set summary bit indicates that a response message is 
present in the Output Queue.  
B5 
status.ESB 
Set summary bit indicates that an enabled standard event 
has occurred.  
B6 
status.MASTER_SUMMARY_STATUS 
status.MSS 
Set bit indicates that an enabled Master Summary Status 
(MSS) bit of the Status Byte register is set. 
status.OPERATION_SUMMARY_BIT 
status.OSB 
Set summary bit indicates that an enabled operation event 
has occurred.  
Bit B7 decimal value: 128 
 
 
In addition to the above constants, nodeEventRegister can be set to the decimal equivalent of the bits set. 
When more than one bit of the register is set, nodeEventRegister contains the sum of their decimal weights. 
For example, if 129 is returned, bits B0 and B7 are set (1 + 128). 
 
 
Binary value  0/1  0/1  0/1  0/1  0/1  0/1  0/1  0/1 
Example 
 
nodeEventRegister = status.node_event 
print(nodeEventRegister) 
Reads the status node event register. 
Sample output: 
1.29000e+02 
Converting this output (129) to its binary 
equivalent yields 1000 0001  
Therefore, this output indicates that the set bits 
of the status byte condition register are presently 
B0 (MSB) and B7 (OSB). 
 
Also see 
Status byte and service request (SRQ) (on page E-15) 
status.condition (on page 7-254) 
status.system.* (on page 7-319)