STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1? | Agilent Technologies 8166A, B

Status Reporting – The STATus Subsystem

Instrument Setup and Status

command:	:STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition:LEVel1?
	:STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition:LEVel1?
syntax:	:STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition:LEVel1?
description:	Returns the Questionable Status Condition Summary Register for slots 15 to 17 of the
	Agilent 8166A/B Lightwave Multichannel System.
parameters:	none
response:	The sum of the results for the slots (a 16-bit signed integer value, where 0 ≤ value ≤ 32767):
	Bits	Mnemonics	Decimal Value
		Agilent 8166A/B
	15-4	Not used	0
	3	Slot 17 Summary	8
	2	Slot 16 Summary	4
	1	Slot 15 Summary	2
	0	Not used	0
example:	stat:ques:cond:level1? → +0<END>

command:	:STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle:LEVel1
	:STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle:LEVel1
syntax:	:STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle:LEVel1<wsp><value>
description:	Sets the bits in the Questionable Status Enable Summary Mask (QSESM) that enable the
	contents of the QSESR for slots 15 - 17 of the Agilent 8166A/B Lightwave Measurement
	System to affect the Status Byte (STB).
	Setting a bit in this register to 1 enables the corresponding bit in the OSESR for slots 15 - 17
	of the Agilent 8166A/B Lightwave Measurement System to affect bit 7 of the Status Byte.
parameters:	The bit value for the QSESM as a 16-bit signed integer value (0 .. +32767)
	The default value is 0.
response:	none
example:	stat:oper:enab:level1 128

command:

syntax:

description:

parameters:

response:

example:

:STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle:LEVel1?

Returns the QSESM for the QSESR for slots 15 - 17 of the Agilent 8166A/B Lightwave Mea- surement System

none

The bit value for the QSESM as a 16-bit signed integer value (0 .. +32767) stat:oper:enab:level1? → +128<END>

Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition

8163A, 8164A, 8166A, B specifications

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Agilent Technologies 8166A STATusQUEStionableCONDitionLEVel 1?, STATusQUEStionableENABleLEVel1?

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Status Reporting – The STATus Subsystem