558 Chapter 7
Using the STATus System
Using the STATus System
When you are programming the instrument you may need to monitor instrument status to
check for error conditions or monitor changes. You can determine the state of certain
instrument events/conditions by programming the status register system. IEEE common
commands (those beginning with *) access the higher-level summary registers. To access
the information from specific registers you would use the STATus commands.
This chapter includes:
• A list of the commands
• Instructions on using the commands
• Complete command descriptions