
2600AS-901-01 Rev. B / September 2008
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Appendix C: Status Model
Messages in the Error Queue include a code number, message text, severity, and TSP-Link node
number. The messages are listed in
.
TSP-Link system status
The TSP-Link is an expansion interface that allows the instruments to communicate with each
other. The test system can be expanded to include up to 64 TSP-Link-enabled instruments. In a
TSP-Link system, one node (instrument) is the Master and the other nodes are the Slaves. The
Master can control the other nodes (Slaves) in the system. See
for details on the
TSP-Link.
The system summary registers (shown in
) are shared by all nodes in
the TSP-Link system. A status event that occurs at a Slave node can generate an SRQ (service
request) in the Master node. After detecting the service request, your program can then branch to
an appropriate subroutine that will service the request. See
Status byte and service request (SRQ)
for details.
Status model configuration example
shows an example status model configuration for a TSP-Link system. In this example,
a current limit (compliance) event in SMU A or SMU B of Node 15 will set the RQS bit of the Status
Byte of the Master Node. The commands to configure the status model for this example are
provided in
Status configuration (enable) commands
in this appendix.
When a current limit (compliance) condition occurs in SMU A or SMU B of Node 15, the following
sequence of events will occur:
•
Node 15:
Bit B1 or B2 of the Measurement Event Current Limit Summary register sets
when the current limit (compliance) event occurs.
•
Node 15:
Bit B1 (ILMT) of the Measurement Event Register sets.
•
Node 15:
Bit B0 (MSB) of the Status Byte sets.
•
System Summary Registers:
Bit B1 (Node 15) of the System2 Summary Register sets.
NOTE
The System Summary Registers are shared by all nodes in the
TSP-Link system. When a bit in a system register of Node 15 sets, the
same bit in the Master Node system register also sets.
•
System Summary Registers:
Bit B0 (Extension) of the System Summary Register sets.
•
Master Node:
Bit B0 (MSB) of the Status Byte sets.
•
Master Node:
With service request enabled, bit B6 (RQS) of the Status Byte sets. When
your program performs the next serial poll of the Master Node, it will detect the current limit
event and can branch to a routine to service the request.
Table C-5
Error queue commands
Error queue command
Description
errorqueue.clear()
Clear error queue of all errors.
errorqueue.count
Number of messages in the error/event queue.
errorcode, message,
severity, node =
errorqueue.next()
Request error code, text message, severity, and
TSP-Link node number.