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Event status register
The event status register bits are set when certain events occur during product oper-
ation. All the event status register bits are set by the error event queue.
This register is defined by the IEEE 488.2 standard and is controlled using the IEEE
488.2 common commands *ESE, *ESE?, and *ESR?.
You can check the error content with SYST:ERR?.
Bit
Bit
weight
Bit name
Description
Error num-
ber
0
1
Operation Com-
plete(OPC)
Set when an *OPC command is received
and all operations in standby have been
completed.
-800 to -899
1
2
Request Control
(RQC)
Not used
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2
4
Query Error(QYE)
Set when an attempt is made to read data
from the output queue when there is no data
or when the output queue is not in the wait
state. This indicates that there is no data in
the output queue.
-400 to -499
3
8
Device Dependent
Error(DDE)
Set when there is a device-specific error.
-300 to -399
100 to 999
4
16
Execution Error(EXE) Set when the product evaluates that the
program data after the header is outside the
formal input range or does not match the
specifications of the product. This indicates
that a valid SCPI command may not be exe-
cuted correctly depending on the state of the
product.
-200 to -299
5
32
Command Error(C-
ME)
Set when an IEEE 488.2 syntax error is de-
tected by the parser, when an unidentifiable
header is received, or when a group execu-
tion trigger enters the internal IEEE 488.2
SCPI command input buffer.
-100 to -199
6
64
Reserved
Not used
--
7
128
PON
Set when the power is turned on.
--
8-15
Reserved
Not used
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