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RS232/ETHERNET/ IEEE 488.2 GPIB
REGISTER COMMAND OPERATION
Introduction
This section describes the operation of the Digital Interfaces RS232, USB, Ethernet and
IEEE 488.2 GPIB, by using SCPI Command sets. The command set comprises of
programming, query and status commands that facilitate remote control of the power
supply individual Channels.
Register Definitions
The Asterion DC Multioutput Series power supply supports the RS232, Ethernet IEEE
488.2 GPIB, and SCPI status reporting data structures. These structures are comprised
of status registers and status registers enable mask pairs. The following sections describe
these pairs.
10.2.1
Protection Condition and Protection Event Status
Register
These two registers have the same bit meanings, but they differ in function.
10.2.1.1
S
TATUS
P
ROTECTION
C
ONDITION
R
EGISTER
Read the Protection Condition Register of each channel by issuing the following
command.
STATus<n>:PROTection:CONDtion?
The above command gives the present status condition of the individual channel power
hardware, so the data is not latched. It is meant to be used as a polling register. The
query response is hexadecimal number of 32 bits, the definition corresponding to each
bit is listed in Table 10-1
. Bit value “1” indicates fault and “0” indicates normal condition.
NOTE: the data format <n> represents individual channels (1, 2 & 3)
For Example:
STAT1:PROT:COND?
#H0000042
// Response for the above command