Series 2600B System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
Section 7: TSP command reference
2600BS-901-01 Rev. C / August 2016
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Details
These attributes are used to read or write to the questionable status registers. Reading a status
register returns a value. In the binary equivalent, the least significant bit is bit B0, and the most
significant bit is bit B15. For example, if a value of 1.04 (which is 12,288) is read as the value
of the condition register, the binary equivalent is 0011 0000 0000 0000. This value indicates that bits
B12 and B13 are set.
B15 B14 B13 B12 B11 B10 B9
B8
B7
B6
B5
B4
B3
B2
B1
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For information about .condition, .enable, .event, .ntr, and .ptr registers, refer to
Enable and transition registers
(on page E-19). The individual bits of this
register are defined in the following table.
Bit
Value
Description
B0-B7
Not used
Not available
B8
status.questionable.CALIBRATION
status.questionable.CAL
An enabled bit in the questionable status
calibration summary event register is set.
Bit B6 decimal value: 256
B9
status.questionable.UNSTABLE_OUTPUT
status.questionable.UO
An enabled bit in the questionable status unstable
output summary event register is set.
Bit B9 decimal value: 512
B10-B11 Not used
Not available
B12
status.questionable.OVER_TEMPERATURE
status.questionable.OTEMP
An enabled bit in the questionable status over
temperature summary event register is set.
Bit B12 decimal value: 4,096
B13
status.questionable.INSTRUMENT_SUMMARY
status.questionable.INST
An enabled bit in the questionable status
instrument summary event register is set.
Bit B13 decimal value: 8,192
B14-B15 Not used
Not available
As an example, to set bit B9 of the questionable status enable register, set
status.questionable.enable = status.questionable.UO
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In addition to the above constants,
questionableRegister
can be set to the numeric equivalent of
the bit to set. To set more than one bit of the register, set
questionableRegister
to the sum of
their decimal weights. For example, to set bits B12 and B13, set
questionableRegister
to 12,288
(which is the sum of 4,096 + 8,192).