10 STATus Subsystem
260 U8480 Series Programming Guide
STATus Command Subsystem
The STATus command subsystem enables you to examine the status of the U8480
Series by monitoring the following status registers:
– Device Status Register
– Operation Status Register
– Questionable Status Register
The contents of these and other registers in the U8480 Series are determined by
one or more status registers.
The following table summarizes the effects of various commands and events on
these status registers:
Table 10-1 Commands and events affecting status registers
The contents of the status registers are examined using the following status
register set commands:
:CONDition?
:ENABle <NRf>|<non-decimal numeric>
[:EVENt?]
:NTRansition <NRf>|<non-decimal numeric>
:PTRansition <NRf>|<non-decimal numeric>
Status register *RST *CLS Power on STATus:PRESet
SCPI transition filters (NTR and PTR registers) none none preset preset
SCPI enable registers none none preset preset
SCPI event registers none clear clear none
SCPI error/event queue enable none none preset preset
SCPI error/event queue none clear clear none
IEEE-488.2 registers ESE SRE none none clear none
IEEE-488.2 registers ESR STB none clear clear none