
PDL5 User Manual
PDL5-UM-00001 Rev 001
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Implemented Status Structures
PDL5 multimeter has the following status data structures implemented:
IEEE 488.2 defined standard registers (standard status structure)
The 488.2 standard status structure consists of four registers:
status byte register
service request enable register
standard event status register
standard event status enable register
Note that the standard event status register and the event register are both
“sticky” (i.e. once their bits are set to 1 they remain set until they are cleared by
appropriate commands). The status byte register and the condition register are
both dynamic and get updated when the state of the instrument or the
underlying status structures change. Refer to IEEE488.2 and SCPI1999
documents for further details.
Status Byte Register
The status byte register contains the summary bits for each of the structures
implemented in the meter, the master summary bit (MSB) and the request for
service bit (RQS).
Status Register
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
operation
summary
bit
(OSB)
request
for service
or
master
summary
event
summary
(ESB)
message
available
(MAV)
(QSB)
not
used
not
used
not
used
not
used
Read with
By serial polling
*STB?
Written to with
Cannot be written to
Cleared by
*CLS
common command