Keysight M8070A Programming Guide 33
Recommended Programming Techniques 2
Status Byte
The Status Byte is the summary register to which the other registers
report. Each reporting register is assigned a bit in the Status Byte Register.
The bits in the Status Byte byte have the following meaning:
Table 4 Status byte descriptions
Bit Mnemonic Description
0 Not used
1 Not used
2 EAV Error available: the error queue contains at
least one message.
3 QUES A bit has been set in the Questionable Data
Status register (indicates that a signal is of
questionable quality).
4 MAV Message available: There is at least one
message in the message queue.
5 ESB A bit in the Standard Event Register has
been set.
6 RQS ReQuest Service.
7 OPER A bit in the Operation Status Register has
been set.