Manual

Remote Control Commands and Queries
WM-RCM-E Rev D ISSUED: February 2005 141
STATUS
*ESR?
Query
DESCRIPTION
The *ESR? query reads and clears the contents of the Event Status
Register (ESR). The response represents the sum of the binary values
of the register bits 0 to 7. The table below gives an overview of the
ESR register structure.
QUERY SYNTAX
*ESR?
RESPONSE FORMAT
*ESR <value>
<value> : = 0 to 255
EXAMPLE (GPIB) The following instruction reads and clears the contents of the ESR
register:
CMD$=“*ESR?”: CALL IBWRT(SCOPE%,CMD$):
CALL IBRD(SCOPE%,RSP$): PRINT RSP$
Response message:
*ESR 0
RELATED COMMANDS
ALL_STATUS, *CLS, *ESE