10 STATus Subsystem
266 U8480 Series Programming Guide
Device Status Register Sets 
The status registers contain information which gives device status information. 
The contents of the individual registers of these register sets may be accessed by 
appending the commands listed in “Status Register Set Commands” on page 262.
The following command descriptions detail the SCPI register you require to 
control but do not detail the register set commands. 
The one device status register set is:
STATus:DEVice
The following bit in these registers is used by the U8480 Series: 
The U8480 Series error bit (3) is set to:
– 1, if the U8480 Series non-volatile memory has failed.
– 0, for every other condition.
Bit number Decimal weight Definition
0 to 2 - Not used
3 8 U8480 Series error
4 to 15 - Not used (bit 15 is always 0)