Status byte when read by *stb – VXI 3002 User Manual

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STATUS BYTE

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Status byte when read by *STB?

*SRE
*SRE?

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<erb>

<mss>

<mav> <hsb>

<ssb>

<csb>

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<esb>

Status Byte Register

Service Request Enable Register#

Register

Read

Command

Register

Read/Write

Commands

# Bit 6 in this register ignores data sent by *SRE and always returns 0 in response to
*SRE?

<rqs>, <esb> and <mav> are defined in IEEE 488.2

<erb> is a device defined queue summary bit indicating that the error queue is
non-empty.
<mss> is true when (Status Byte) AND (Enable register) > 0.
<esb> is the standard event register summary bit.
<mav> is 'message available' indicating that the output queue is non-empty.
<hsb> is 'hardware status' summary bit
<csb> is 'coupling status' summary bit
<ssb> is 'instrument status' summary bit

The Status Byte Register is Not cleared by the *STB? query.

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