Keysight Technologies 8163A/B - Status System for 8166 A;B

26 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes Programming Guide
1 Introduction to Programming
The status system for the 8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter and the 8164A/B
Lightwave Measurement System returns the status of 2 and 5 module slots
respectively. The Operational/Questionable Status Summary Registers
consist of one level and are described by Figure 4. Any commands that
require LEVel1 do not apply to these mainframes.
Figure 4 The Operational/Questionable Status System for 8163A/B & 8164A/B
Status System for 8166A/B
The status system for the 8166A/B Lightwave Multichannel System returns
the status of 17 module slots. The Operational/Questionable Status
Summary Registers consists of two levels, as described by Figure 5.
Operational/Questionable Status
Operational/Questionable Status
Operational/Questionable Status
Condition Summary Register
Event Summary Register
Enable Summary Mask
Register
Status Byte
Status Byte Register
Status Summary
to next
Operational/Questionable
Operational/Questionable
Operational/Questionable
Slot Status Condition
Slot Status Event
Slot Status Enable Mask
&
&
&
&
OR
level
to next
for a positive
&
&
&
&
OR
level
Slot 1
transition
for a positive
transition
Register
Register
Register