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Recommended Programming Techniques 2
Questionable Status Register
The Questionable Status Register indicates that a currently running
process is of questionable quality. The output of this register sets bit 3 of
the Status Byte.
Table 6 Questionable status register descriptions
Operation Status Register
The output of this register gives information about the current operation
the instrument is performing. It sets bit 7 of the Status Byte.
Table 7 Operation status register descriptions
Bit Mnemonic Description
0 - 8 Not used
9 INSTrument This bit indicates the status of certain
hardware components.
10 Not used
11 PROTection This bit indicates whether one or more of the
instrument outputs detect an overload
condition.
12 SYMBol This bit indicates whether the error
detector(s) has experienced a symbol
alignment loss.
13 - 15 Not used
Bit Mnemonic Description
0 - 7 Not used
8 RUN
9 - 15 Not used