High Voltage SourceMeter Instrument Reference Manual Section 14: TSP command refe
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status.standard.event
This attribute returns the contents of the Standard Event Status Register set of the status model.
Type TSP-Link accessible Affected by Where saved Default value
Usage
standardRegister = status.standard.event
The status of the standard event status register
Details
When this command returns zero (0), no bits are set. You can send 0 to clear all bits.
The instrument returns a decimal value that corresponds to the binary-weighted sum of all bits set in
the register.
Bit
Decimal
value
Constant When set, indicates the following has occurred:
All pending selected instrument operations are
complete and the instrument is ready to accept new
commands. The bit is set in response to an
*OPC
(on page A-6) command or TSP opc() (on page
Attempt to read data from an empty Output Queue.
The instrument has been turned off and turned back
on since the last time this register was read.
Command errors include:
• IEEE Std 488.2 syntax error: The instrument received a message that does not follow the
def
ined syntax of the IEEE Std 488.2 standard.
• Semantic error: The instrument received a command that was misspelled or received an
opt
ional IEEE Std 488.2 command that is not implemented in the instrument.
• GET error: The instrument received a Group Execute Trigger (GET) inside a program message.
Example
print(status.standard.event)
May return the value 129, showing that the Standard Event
Status Register contains binary
Also see
Standard Event Register (on page B-3)
Understanding bit settings (on page B-15)