*SRE

Meaning and Type

Service Request Enable Device Interface

Description

This command sets the condition of the Service Request Enable Register. This register determines which bits from the Status Byte Register (see *STB for its bit configuration) are allowed to set the Master Status Summary (MSS) bit and the Request for Service (RQS) summary bit. A 1 in any Service Request Enable Register bit position enables the corresponding Status Byte Register bit and all such enabled bits then are logically ORed to cause Bit 6 of the Status Byte Register to be set. See "Chapter 8 - Status Reporting" for more details concerning this process.

When the controller conducts a serial poll in response to SRQ, the RQS bit is cleared, but the MSS bit is not. When *SRE is cleared (by programming it with 0), the power supply cannot generate an SRQ to the controller.

Command Syntax

*SRE <NRf>

Parameters

0-to255

 

Default Value

(See *PSC)

Example

*SRE 20

 

Query Syntax

*SRE?

 

Returned Parameters

<NR1>

(Register binary value)

Related Commands

*ESE

*ESR *PSC

If *PSC is programmed to 0, then the *SRE command causes a write cycle to nonvolatile memory. The nonvolatile memory has a finite number of write cycles (see Table A-2, Supplementary Characteristics). Programs that repeatedly write to nonvolatile memory can eventually exceed the maximum number of write cycles and may cause the memory to fail.

*STB?

Meaning and Type

Status Byte Device Status

Description

This query reads the Status Byte register, which contains the status summary bits and the Output Queue MAV bit. Reading the Status Byte register does not clear it. The input summary bits are cleared when the appropriate event registers are read (see "Chapter 8 - Status Reporting" for more information). The MAV bit is cleared at power on or by *CLS.

A serial poll also returns the value of the Status Byte register, except that bit 6 returns. Request for Service (RQS) instead of Master Status Summary (MSS). A serial poll clears RQS, but not MSS. When MSS is set, it indicates that the power supply has one or more reasons for requesting service.

Bit Position

Condition

Bit Weight

7

OPER

128

Bit Configuration of Status Byte Register

6

5

4

3

2

MSS1

ESB

MAV

QUES

2

(RQS)

 

 

 

 

64

32

16

8

4

1

2

2

0

2

1

ESB = Event status byte summary; MAV = Message available.

MSS = Master status summary; OPER = Operation status summary.

QUES = Questionable status summary; RQS = Request for service.

1Also represents RQS. 2These bits are always zero.

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