
Keysight M8070A Programming Guide
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Recommended Programming Techniques
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Status Byte
The Status Byte is the summary register to which the other registers
report. Each reporting register is assigned a bit in the Status Byte Register.
The bits in the Status Byte byte have the following meaning:
Table 4
Status byte descriptions
Bit
Mnemonic
Description
0
Not used
1
Not used
2
EAV
Error available: the error queue contains at
least one message.
3
QUES
A bit has been set in the Questionable Data
Status register (indicates that a signal is of
questionable quality).
4
MAV
Message available: There is at least one
message in the message queue.
5
ESB
A bit in the Standard Event Register has
been set.
6
RQS
ReQuest Service.
7
OPER
A bit in the Operation Status Register has
been set.