5 Language Reference

The Standard Event group is programmed with Common commands as described later in this section. Common commands also control additional status functions such as the Service Request Enable and the Status Byte registers.

STATus:PRESet

This command sets all defined bits in the Operation and Questionable PTR registers. The command clears all defined bits in the Operation and Questionable NTR and Enable registers.

STATus:OPERation[:EVENt]?

This query returns the value of the Operation Event register. The Event register is a read-only register, which stores (latches) all events that are passed by the Operation NTR and/or PTR filter. Reading the Operation Event register clears it. The bit configuration of the Operation status registers is as follows:

Bit Position

15-11

10

9

8

7-6

5

4-0

Bit Value

1024

256

32

Bit Name

CC

CV

WTG

CC= The output is in constant current CV = The output is in constant voltage

WTG = The unit is waiting for a transient trigger

STATus:OPERation:CONDition?

This query returns the value of the Operation Condition register. That is a read-only register, which holds the live (unlatched) operational status of the power supply.

STATus:OPERation:ENABle <value>

STATus:OPERation:ENABle?

This command and its query set and read the value of the Operational Enable register. This register is a mask for enabling specific bits from the Operation Event register to set the operation summary bit (OPER) of the Status Byte register. This bit (bit 7) is the logical OR of all the Operational Event register bits that are enabled by the Status Operation Enable register. The Preset value = 0.

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N5700 specifications

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