Boonton 4500B Peak Power Meter - Manual (Page 275)

Boonton 4500B RF Peak Power Analyzer
Remote Operation 5-75
5.5.15 STATus Commands
The STATus command subsystem enables you to control the SCPI defined status reporting structures. The user may
examine the status of the power analyzer by monitoring the Operation Status Register and Questionable Status Register
Note that GPIB commands may be used to monitor device registers (See GPIB - IEEE-488.2 Commands).
STATus:OPERation:CONDition?
Description: Return the current value (unlatched condition) of the SCPI Operation Status register. The
following table shows the bit assignments in the register:
Bit Value Definition
0 1 Calibrating 1 = sensor or trigger calibration in progress.
1 - 2 -- Not used always returns 0.
3 8 Trigger Status 1 = waiting for a trigger signal.
4 16 Measuring 1 = measurement in progress.
5 - 15 -- Not used always returns 0
Syntax: STATus:OPERation:CONDition?
Returns: 16-bit register value (0 to 32767)
Valid Modes: Any
STATus:OPERation:ENABle
Description: Sets or returns the enable mask which allows true conditions in the Operation Status Event register
to be reported in the summary bit. If a bit is 1 in the Operation Enable register and its associated
event bit transitions to true, a positive transition will occur in the Operation Status summary bit.
Syntax: STATus:OPERation:ENABle <n>
Argument: <n> = 0 to 32767
Valid Modes: Any