6 Remote control
6.1 Remote control principals
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Fig. 6.1 Hierarchical structure of the status register
6.1.5.2 Application of status reporting system
The status report system is used to monitor the status of one or more instruments in the test system. The
master computer in the test system must receive and assess all instrument information with the following
standard methods, so as to realize functions of the status report system properly:
1)
Service request (SRQ) initiated by the instrument;
2)
All instruments in the serial query bus system initiated by the master computer in the system, aiming
to find the service request originator and reasons.
3)
Parallel query of all instruments;
4)
Program command to query the status of specific instruments;
