Agilent Technologies N5183A MXG - Manual (Page 166)

156 Agilent N518xA, E8663B, E44x8C, and E82x7D Signal Generators Programming Guide
Programming the Status Register System
Status Groups
Status Groups
The Standard Operation Status Group and the Data Questionable Status Group consist of the
registers listed below. The Standard Event Status Group is similar but does not have negative or
positive transition filters or a condition register.
Condition
Register
A condition register continuously monitors the hardware and firmware status of
the signal generator. There is no latching or buffering for a condition register; it is
updated in real time.
Negative
Transition
Filter
A negative transition filter specifies the bits in the condition register that will set
corresponding bits in the event register when the condition bit changes from 1 to
0.
Positive
Transition
Filter
A positive transition filter specifies the bits in the condition register that will set
corresponding bits in the event register when the condition bit changes from 0 to
1.
Event
Register
An event register latches transition events from the condition register as specified
by the positive and negative transition filters. Once the bits in the event register
are set, they remain set until cleared by either querying the register contents or
sending the *CLS command.
Event
Enable
Register
An enable register specifies the bits in the event register that generate the
summary bit. The signal generator logically ANDs corresponding bits in the event
and enable registers and ORs all the resulting bits to produce a summary bit.
Summary bits are, in turn, used by the
Status Byte Register .
A status group is a set of related registers whose contents are programmed to produce status
summary bits. In each status group, corresponding bits in the condition register are filtered by the
negative and positive transition filters and stored in the event register. The contents of the event
register are logically ANDed with the contents of the enable register and the result is logically ORed
to produce a status summary bit in the
Status Byte Register .