Series 2600B System SourceMeter® instrument Reference Manual Section 9: TSP command reference
2600BS-901-01 Rev. F/August 2021 9-287
Also see
Measurement event registers (on page 12-7)
status.measurement.instrument.smuX.* (on page 9-288)
status.measurement.instrument.*
This attribute contains the registers of the measurement event instrument summary register set.
Models 2601B, 2611B, 2635B: 2
(All bits set)
Models 2602B, 2604B, 2612B,
2614B, 2634B, 2636B: 6 (All bits
set)
Usage
measurementRegister = status.measurement.instrument.condition
measurementRegister = status.measurement.instrument.enable
measurementRegister = status.measurement.instrument.event
measurementRegister = status.measurement.instrument.ntr
measurementRegister = status.measurement.instrument.ptr
status.measurement.instrument.enable = measurementRegister
status.measurement.instrument.ntr = measurementRegister
status.measurement.instrument.ptr = measurementRegister
The status of the measurement event instrument summary
register; a zero (0) indicates no bits set (also send 0 to clear all
bits); other values indicate various bit settings
Details
These attributes are used to read or write to the measurement event instrument summary registers.
Reading a status register returns a value. The binary equivalent of the returned value indicates which
register bits are set. The least significant bit of the binary number is bit B0, and the most significant bit
is bit B15. For example, assume the value 6 is returned for the enable register. The binary equivalent
is 0000 0000 0000 0110. This value indicates that bit B1 (SMUA) and bit B2 (SMUB) are set.
For information about .condition, .enable, .event, .ntr, and .ptr registers, refer to Status register set
contents (on page 12-1) and Enable and transition registers (on page 12-19). The individual bits of
this register are defined in the following table.