Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual  Section 11: TSP command reference 
3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018  11-381 
 
status.operation.* 
These attributes manage the operation status register set of the status model. 
 
Usage 
operationRegister = status.operation.condition 
operationRegister = status.operation.enable 
operationRegister = status.operation.event 
operationRegister = status.operation.ntr 
operationRegister = status.operation.ptr 
status.operation.enable = operationRegister 
status.operation.ntr = operationRegister 
status.operation.ptr = operationRegister 
 
The status of the operation status register; a zero (0) indicates no bits set (also send 
0 to clear all bits); other values indicate various bit settings 
 
Details 
These attributes read or write the operation status registers. 
 
Reading a status register returns a value. The binary equivalent of the returned value indicates which 
register bits are set. The least significant bit of the binary number is bit B0, and the most significant bit 
is bit B15. For example, if a value of 2.04800e+04 (which is 20,480) is read as the value of the 
condition register, the binary equivalent is 0101 0000 0000 0000. This value indicates that bit B14 
(PROGRAM_RUNNING) and bit B12 (USER) are set. 
* Least significant bit 
** Most significant bit 
 
For information about .condition, .enable, .event, .ntr, and .ptr registers, refer to Status register set 
contents (on page C-1) and Enable and transition registers (on page C-19). The individual bits of this 
register are defined in the following table.