The Status Model Introduction to Programming
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition 35
Status System for 8163A/B & 8164A/B

The status system for the Agilent8163A/B Lightwave Multimeter and the

Agilent 8164A/B Lightwave Measurement System returns the status of 2

and 5 module slots respectively. The Operational/Q uestionable Status

Summary Registers consist of one level and are described by Figure4 .

Any commands that require LEVel1 do not apply to these mainframes.

Figure4 The Operational/Questionable Status System for 8163A/B &8164A/B
Operational/Questionable St atus
Operational/Questionable St atus
Operational/Questionable St atus
Condition Summary Reg ister
Event Summary Register
Enable Summary Mask
Register
Status Byte

Status Byte Register

Status Summary

to next
Operational/Questiona ble
Operational/Questiona ble
Operational/Questiona ble
Slot Status Condition
Slot Status Event
Slot Status Enable Mask
&
&&&OR
level
to next
for a positive
&
&&&OR
level

Slot 1

transition
for a positive
transition
Register
Register
Register