Keithley TEC SourceMeter 2510, User Manual

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7-10 Status Structure Models 2510 and 2510-AT User’s Manual
Status byte and service request commands
The commands to program and read the Status Byte Register and Service Request Enable
Register are listed in
Table 7-3 . For details on programming and reading registers, see
“Programming enable registers,” page 7-5 , and “Reading registers,” page 7-6 .
NOTE To reset the bits of the Service Request Enable Register to 0, use 0 as the param-
eter value for the *SRE command (i.e. *SRE 0).
Programming example — set MSS (B6) when error occurs
The first command of sequence in Table 7-4 enables EAV (error available). When an
invalid command is sent (line 4), bits B2 (EAV) and B6 (MSS) of the Status Byte Register
set to 1. The last command reads the Status Byte Register using the binary format (which
directly indicates which bits are set). The command to select format (FORMat:SREGister)
is documented in
Table 7-2 . To determine the exact nature of the error, you will have to
read the Error Queue (see “Queues,” page 7-19 ).
Table 7-3
Status byte and service request enable register commands
Command Description Default
*STB? Read Status Byte Register
*SRE <NDN> or <NRf> Program the Service Request Enable Register:
<NDN> = #Bxx…x Binary format (each x = 1 or 0)
= #Hx Hexadecimal format (x = 0 to FF)
= #Qx Octal format (x = 0 to 377)
<NRf> = 0 to 255 Decimal format
(Note)
*SRE? Read the Service Request Enable Register
Note: *CLS and STATus:PRESet have no effect on the Service Request Enable Register.
Table 7-4
Status byte programming example
Command Description
*CLS Clear Error Queue
*SRE 4 Enable EAV
FORM:SREG BIN Select binary format
*XYZ Generate error
*STB? Read Status Byte Register