Keithley 6514 User Manual

13-8 Status Structure
The bits of the status byte register are described as follows:
• Bit B0, measurement status (MSB) — Set summary bit indicates that an enabled mea-
surement event has occurred.
• Bit B1 — Not used.
• Bit B2, error available (EAV) — Set summary bit indicates that an error or status mes-
sage is present in the error queue.
• Bit B3, questionable summary bit (QSB) — Set summary bit indicates that an enabled
questionable event has occurred.
• Bit B4, message available (MAV) — Set summary bit indicates that a response message
is present in the output queue.
• Bit B5, event summary bit (ESB) — Set summary bit indicates that an enabled standard
event has occurred.
• Bit B6, request service (RQS)/master summary status (MSS) — Set bit indicates that
an enabled summary bit of the status byte register is set.
• Bit B7, operation summary (OSB) — Set summary bit indicates that an enabled oper-
ation event has occurred.
Depending on how it is used, bit B6 of the status byte register is either the request for service
(RQS) bit or the master summary status (MSS) bit:
• When using the serial poll sequence of Model 6514 to obtain the status byte (a.k.a. serial
poll byte), B6 is the RQS bit. See “serial polling and SRQ” for details on using the serial
poll sequence.
• When using the *STB? command (see Table 13-3) to read the status byte, B6 is the MSS
bit.
Service request enable register
The generation of a service request is controlled by the service request enable register. This
register is programmed by you and is used to enable or disable the setting of bit B6 (RQS/MSS)
by the status summary message bits (B0, B2, B3, B4, B5, and B7) of the status byte register. As
shown in Figure 13-3, the summary bits are logically ANDed (&) with the corresponding enable
bits of the service request enable register. When a set (1) summary bit is ANDed with an enabled
(1) bit of the enable register, the logic “1” output is applied to the input of the OR gate and, there-
fore, sets the MSS/RQS bit in the status byte register.
The individual bits of the service request enable register can be set or cleared by using the
*SRE common command. To read the service request enable register, use the *SRE? query com-
mand. The service request enable register clears when power is cycled or a parameter value of 0
is sent with the *SRE command (i.e. *SRE 0). The commands to program and read the SRQ
enable register are listed in Table 13-6.

Keithley 6514 Specifications

General

Brand	Keithley
Model	6514
Category	Measuring Instruments
Language	English