Instrument Setup and Status

Status Reporting – The STATus Subsystem

Status Reporting – The STATus

Subsystem

The Status subsystem allows you to return and set details from the Status

Model. For more details, see “The Status Model” on page 33.

command:

syntax:

description:

parameters:

response:

example:

:STATus:OPERation[:EVENt][:LEVel0]?

:STATus:OPERation[:EVENt][:LEVel0]?

Returns the Operational Status Event Summary Register (OSESR).

none

The sum of the results for the slots (a 16-bit signed integer value, where 0 ≤ value ≤ 32767):

Bits

Mnemonics

 

 

Decimal Value

 

Agilent 8163A/B

Agilent 8164A/B

Agilent 8166A/B

 

15

Not used

Not used

Not used

0

14

Not used

Not used

Slot 14 Summary

16384

13

Not used

Not used

Slot 13 Summary

8192

12

Not used

Not used

Slot 12 Summary

4096

11

Not used

Not used

Slot 11 Summary

2048

10

Not used

Not used

Slot 10 Summary

1024

9

Not used

Not used

Slot 9 Summary

512

8

Not used

Not used

Slot 8 Summary

256

7

Not used

Not used

Slot 7 Summary

128

6

Not used

Not used

Slot 6 Summary

64

5

Not used

Not used

Slot 5 Summary

32

4

Not used

Slot 4 Summary

Slot 4 Summary

16

3

Not used

Slot 3 Summary

Slot 3 Summary

8

2

Slot 2 Summary

Slot 2 Summary

Slot 2 Summary

4

1

Slot 1 Summary

Slot 1 Summary

Slot 1 Summary

2

0

Not used

Slot 0 Summary

Level 1 Summary

1

stat:oper? → +0<END>

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8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications

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