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5.3.4 Status
Gets overall status and metering information for a device.
Address
Op.
Value
Reply (values from top to bottom)
0 – Device has no faults present
1 – Device has faults present
0 – Power state is corresponding to desired power state
1 – Power state warning, device on but should be off
2 – Power state fault, device off but should be on
0 – PAL inactive
1 – PAL active
For each channel of the device (CH A, B, …)
[-X]
– Current attenuation for channel X as a negative dB
number relative max output level. Possible values are:
-100 (silent), -44, -29, -28, …, -1 and 0 is (VPL) clip.
0 – VPL (clip) for channel
X
not active
1 – VPL (clip) for channel
X
active
0 – CPL for channel
X
not active
1 – CPL for channel
X
active
0 – VHF fault not present
1 – VHF fault present
0 – DC fault not present
1 – DC fault present
0 – Load shorted fault not present
1 – Load shorted fault present
0 – Temperature fault not present
1 – Temperature fault present
0 – High impedance warning not present
1 – High impedance warning present
[VDN]
.Status
?
0 – Temperature warning not present
1 – Temperature warning present
Examples
For a (4 channel) device where channel A is clipping, and channel C has a temperature
warning present (no faults) the reply would be:
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0