Agilent Technologies 5000 Series 7 Status Reporting

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Agilent InfiniiVision 5000 Series Oscilloscopes
Programmer's Reference
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Status Reporting
Status Reporting Data Structures 509
Status Byte Register (STB) 512
Service Request Enable Register (SRE) 514
Trigger Event Register (TER) 515
Output Queue 516
Message Queue 517
(Standard) Event Status Register (ESR) 518
(Standard) Event Status Enable Register (ESE) 519
Error Queue 520
Operation Status Event Register (:OPERegister[:EVENt]) 521
Operation Status Condition Register (:OPERegister:CONDition) 522
Arm Event Register (AER) 523
Hardware Event Event Register (:HWERegister[:EVENt]) 524
Hardware Event Condition Register (:HWERegister:CONDition) 525
Clearing Registers and Queues 526
Status Reporting Decision Chart 527
IEEE 488.2 defines data structures, commands, and common bit
definitions for status reporting (for example, the Status Byte Register and
the Standard Event Status Register). There are also instrument- defined
structures and bits (for example, the Operation Status Event Register and
the Overload Event Register).
An overview of the oscilloscope's status reporting structure is shown in
the following block diagram. The status reporting structure allows
monitoring specified events in the oscilloscope. The ability to monitor and
report these events allows determination of such things as the status of an
operation, the availability and reliability of the measured data, and more.