User's Manual

Status Reporting
System
Introduction
Status reporting is a method to let the
controller know what the counter is do
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ing. You can ask the counter what status
it is in whenever you want to know.
You can select some conditions in the
counter that should be reported in the Sta
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tus Byte Register. You can also select if
some bits in the Status Byte should gen
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erate a Service Request (SRQ).
(An SRQ is the instrument’s way to call
the controller for help.)
Read more about the Status Subsystem in
Chapter 6.
3-16 Status Reporting System
Introduction to SCPI
Logical O R
Enable R egister
E v e n t R e g is te r
Standard Event R egister
Service R equest E nable
Logical O R
Status B yte R egister
Logical O R
C ondition R egister
C ondition R egister
SR Q m essage
D evice R egister 0
O peration Status R egister
Q uestionable D ata R egister
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Figure 3-11 CNT-8X Status register structure.