Rigol DP2000 Series - SCPI Status Register

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SCPI Status Register
All SCPI instruments implement status registers in the same way. The status system
records various instrument conditions in three register groups: the Status Byte
register, the Standard Event register, and the Questionable Status register groups. The
Status Byte register records high-level summary information reported in other
register groups. The figure below illustrates the SCPI status system.
Event Register
An event register is a read-only register that reports defined status within the power
supply. Bits in an event register are latched. Once an event bit is set, subsequent state
(event state represented by this bit) changes are ignored. Bits in an event register are
automatically cleared by a query of the event register (such as
*ESR?
or :STATus:QUEStionable[:EVENt]? ) or by sending the clear status command ( *CLS ).
The reset command *RST will not clear bits in event registers. Querying an event
SCPI Status Register
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