Remote Interface Reference 3
SCPI Status Registers
E3632A User’s Guide 109
The Questionable Status register
The Questionable Status register provides information about 
voltage and current regulation. Bit 0 is set when the voltage 
becomes unregulated, and bit 1 is set if the current becomes 
unregulated. For example if the power supply momentarily 
goes to the constant current mode when the power supply is 
operating as a voltage source (constant voltage mode), bit 0 
is set to indicate that the voltage output is not regulated.
The Questionable Status register also provides information 
that the power supply has an overtemperature condition and 
that the overvoltage and overcurrent protection circuits have 
tripped. Bit 4 reports an overtemperature condition of the 
fan, bit 9 reports that the overvoltage protection circuit has 
tripped, and bit 10 reports that the overcurrent protection 
circuit has tripped. To read the register, send 
STATus:QUEStionable?.
The Questionable Status event register is cleared when:
• you execute the *CLS (clear status) command.
• you query the event register using STAT:QUES? (status 
questionable event register) command.
Table 3 - 4 Bit definitions — Questionable Status register
Bit Decimal value Definition
0 Voltage 1 The power supply is/was in the constant current mode.
1 Current 2 The power supply is/was in the constant voltage mode.
2–3 Not used 0 Always set to 0.
4 Over temperature 16 The fan has a fault condition.
5–8 Not used 0 Always set to 0.
9 Over voltage 512 The overvoltage protection circuit has tripped.
10 Over current 1024 The overcurrent protection circuit has tripped.
11–15 Not used 0 Always set to 0.