Operation
Accumulated Status, Status, and Fault Registers
Accumulated Status, Status, and Fault Registers
The GPIB option card uses three separate registers which are always active. They are the accumulated status, status, and fault registers. You can use the status commands shown in Table 3.8, “Status Commands” to activate the registers. The bit register has twelve conditions, each assigned a bit weight. When querying a register, the controller returns a response which is the sum of the weights of all relevant conditions.
Example:
ASTS? | Query the Accumulated Status register. |
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ASTS <771> | Controller response. |
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771 = 512 + 256 + 2 + 1 = PON + REM + CC + CV |
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Table 3.10 Accumulated Status, Status, and Fault Registers |
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Constant voltage operation |
| CV | 0 | 1 |
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Constant current operation |
| CC | 1 | 2 |
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Not used |
| – | 2 | 4 |
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Overvoltage protection tripped |
| OV | 3 | 8 |
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Over temperature protection tripped | OT | 4 | 16 | |
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Supply external shutdown active | SD | 5 | 32 | |
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Foldback mode operation |
| FOLD | 6 | 64 |
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Remote programming error |
| ERR | 7 | 128 |
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Power ON (accumulated status, status | PON | 8 | 256 | |
registers only) |
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Remote mode (accumulated status, status | REM | 9 | 512 | |
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AC fail condition |
| ACF | 10 | 1024 |
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Output fail condition |
| OPF | 11 | 2048 |
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Sense protection tripped |
| SNSP | 12 | 4096 |
Notes:
1.All mnemonics can be masked or unmasked.
2.The error (ERR) bit is reset in the accumulated status, status, and serial poll registers with an error query (ERR?).
3.The accumulated status register is cleared with an accumulated status query (ASTS?).
4.A fault is cleared with a fault query (FAULT?).
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