1656 & 1657 Battery Element Tester Owner’s Manual
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8.7.13 *SRE <n>
Command Syntax: *SRE
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Purpose: Enables or disables specific bits in the Status Byte register.
Description: The value passed as a parameter <n> with the *SRE command
determines which bits are enabled or not. Enabled bit conditions can
generate a status request.
8.7.14 *SRE?
Command Syntax: *SRE?
Purpose: Queries the bits positions in the Status Byte register that are enabled.
Description: This query format of the *SRE command returns the value of the
enabled bit position as a decimal value.
Query response: Returns the decimal value of the STB enabled bits.
8.7.15 *STB?
Command Syntax: *STB?
Purpose: The *STB? query command return the value of the Status Byte register.
Description: This query only format command returns the value of the Status Byte
register as a decimal value. It also clears all bits in this register that are
set.
Query response: Returns the decimal value of the STB register. See section 6.6.1.
8.7.16 *TST?
Command Syntax: *TST
Purpose: The *TST? Query command performs an instrument self-test and
returns a zero result if the self-test passes.
Description: This command is not supported on the STS1656/1657. It will be
accepted and return a zero result but is otherwise ignored (No
operation).
8.7.17 *WAI
Command Syntax: *WAI
Purpose: The *WAI command holds the bus until the previously received
command is completed.
Description: This command is not supported on the STS1656/1657. It will be
accepted without generating a command error but is otherwise ignored
(No operation).