Series 3700A System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
Section 11: TSP command reference
3700AS-901-01 Rev. D/June 2018
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bufferVar.statuses
This attribute contains the status values of readings in the reading buffer.
Type
TSP-Link accessible
Affected by
Where saved
Default value
Attribute (R)
Yes
Clearing the buffer
Instrument reset
Recall setup
USB flash drive using
dmm.savebuffer or
dmm.appendbuffer
Not applicable
Usage
statusInformation
=
bufferVar
.statuses[
N
]
statusInformation
The status value when reading
N
of the specified buffer was acquired
bufferVar
The reading buffer
N
The reading number
N
; can be any value from 1 to the number of readings in the
buffer; use the
bufferVar.
n
command to determine the number of readings in
the buffer
Details
This read-only buffer recall attribute is like an array (a Lua table) of the status values for all the
readings in the buffer. The status values are floating-point numbers that encode the status value; see
the following table for values.
Buffer status bits
Bit
Name
Hex value
Remote command
B0
Low limit 1
0x01
dmm.buffer.LIMIT1_LOW_BIT
B1
High limit 1
0x02
dmm.buffer.LIMIT1_HIGH_BIT
B2
Low limit 2
0x04
dmm.buffer.LIMIT2_LOW_BIT
B3
High limit 2
0x08
dmm.buffer.LIMIT2_HIGH_BIT
B6
Measure overflow 0x40
dmm.buffer.MEAS_OVERFLOW_BIT
B7
Measure connect
question
0x80
dmm.buffer.MEAS_CONNECT_QUESTION_BIT