Boonton 4240 RF Power Meter - Manual (Page 88)

Boonton 4240 Series RF Power Meter
STATus :CO
Description:
real time, and can change
es in the instrument’s operating condition.
:OPERation NDition?
Return the current value of the Operation Condition register. The following table shows the bit
assignments in the register. These bits are updated by the instrument in
in response to chang
Bit Value Definition
0 1 Calibrating 1 = sensor calibration in progress.
ll.
ss.
waiting for a trigger.
turns 0.
el 1 is in an alarm condition.
el 2 is in an alarm condition.
ched.
h 2 el 2 alarm is latched.
15 32768 Not used always returns 0.
?
Returns: 16-bit register value (0 to 65535)
TATus :EN
Description:
it will be set.
<numeric value>
Returns: 16-bit register value (0 to 65535)
Description:
he latched events from the Operation Condition register as
roup’s positive and negative transition filters.
Syntax: STATus:OPERation:EVENt?
Returns: 16-bit register value (0 to 65535)
1 2 Settling 1 = averaging filter is not fu
2 4 Ranging 1 = range change in progress.
3 8 Not used always returns 0.
4 16 Measuring 1 = measurement in progre
5 32 Triggering 1 = Trigger mode enabled
6 64 Not used always re
7 128 Not used always returns 0.
8 256 Alarm 1 1 = Chann
9 512 Alarm 2 1 = Chann
10 1024 Alarm Latch 1 1 = Channel 1 alarm is lat
11 2048 Alarm Latc 1 = Chann
12 4096 Not used always returns 0
13 8192 Not used always returns 0.
14 16384 Not used always returns 0.
Syntax: STATus:OPERation:CONDition
S :OPERation ABle
Sets or returns the Operation Enable register, which contains the bit mask that defines which true
conditions in the Operation Status Event register will be reported in the Operation Summary bit of
the instrument Status Byte. If any bit is 1 in the Operation Enable register and its corresponding
Operation Event bit is true, the Operation Status summary b
Syntax: STATus:OPERation:ENABle
Argument: <numeric value> = 0 to 65535
STATus:OPERation:EVENt?
Returns the current contents of the Operation Event register then resets the register value to 0. The
Operation Event register contains t
specified by the Operation status g
Remote Operation
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