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The “#0” header is not affected by this command. The header is always
sent at the beginning of the data string for each measurement conver-
sion.
The ASCII data format can only be sent in the normal byte order. The
SWAPped selection is simply ignored when the ASCII format is
selected.
NOTE The SWAPped byte order must be used when transmitting binary data to any
IBM PC compatible computer.
Status register format
SREGister <name>
:FORMat:SREGister <name> Set data format for reading status registers
Parameters
<name> = ASCii Decimal format
Hexadecimal Hexadecimal format
OCTal Octal format
BINary Binary format
Query
:SREGister? Query format for reading status registers
Description
Query commands are used to read the contents of the status event regis-
ters. This command is used to set the response message format for those
query commands.
When a status register is queried, the response message is a value that
indicates which bits in the register are set. For example, if bits B5, B4,
B2, B1, and B0 of a register are set (110111), the following values will
be returned for the selected data format:
ASCii 55 (decimal value)
Hexadecimal #H37 (hexadecimal value)
OCTal #Q67 (octal value)
BINary #B110111 (binary value)
See Section 11 and “STATus subsystem,” page 14-49 , for more informa-
tion.