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-abitofthestatusregisterofthealarmsswitchesfrom0to1while
thecorrespondingbitinitsvalidationregisteris1
-abitofthevalidationregisterofthealarmsswitchesfrom0to1
whilethecorrespondingbitinitsstatusregisteris1.
Thebit#5(ESB:EventStatusBit,value32)includestherecapitulativemessageofthestatus
registerofstandardevents(seethedetailsofthesebitsinthedescriptionofthisregister).Itsstatus
showswhetheroneorseveralauthorisedeventshaveoccurredinthestatusregisterofstandard
events sinceitslatestreset(aneventispermittedifthecorrespondingbitinthevalidationregister
ofeventsis1).
Thebit#4(MAV:MessageAVailable,value16)includestherecapitulativemessageoftheoutput
queue.Itsstatusshowswhetheramessageorsomedatafromtheappliancearereadyforsending
viatheinterface(ex:answertoaninterrogationinstruction).
Thebits#7and3,2,1,0areusedtoreceiverecapitulativemessagesdefinedbytheappliance.In
thecaseoftherecorder,thebit#0isusedwhilethebits#1,2,3,7alwaysremainat0.
Thebit#0includestherecapitulativemessageofthestatusregisterofthealarms(seethedetailsof
thesebitsinthedescriptionofthisregister).Itsstatusshowswhetheroneorseveralauthorised
eventshaveoccurredinthestatusregisterofthealarms sinceitslatestreset.
Validationregister:
Thestatusbyteisassociatedwithavalidationregisterthatmakesitpossibletocontroltheservice
requestandthatallowsonlysomecases.
Whenabitisequalto1,itmakesitpossiblethatthestatus1ofthebitofsamerankofthestatus
register(STB)leadstotheactivationofthebit#6inthesamestatusregister.
Writing intothevalidationoctetismadebythe*SRE<NRF>command,where<NRF>isthesum
ofthevaluesofbinaryweightsofthebits0to5and7. Reading thevalidationoctetismadewith
the*SRE?instruction. Theanswerisreturnedindecimal(NR1).
14.4.3.Registersofstandardevents
Seetheoverviewofthestructuresofstatusdata.
Thestructureofthestandardeventregistersisassignedtothebit#5oftheservicerequestregister.
Statusregister:
Thisregisterincludesstandardspecificmessageswhosemeaningisexposedthereafter.
Youcanreaditscontentwiththe*ESR?command
Readingtheregisterleadstoitserasure.
Thebitsofthestatusregisteroftheeventsareassignedtospecificevents:
*Bit7:POWER-UP(value128)
Itshowsthatthepowersupplyison
*Bit6:REQUESTFORUSE(value64)
Notused,setto0
*Bit5:INSTRUCTIONERROR(value32)
Thisbit showsthatanunknownorincorrectinstructionhasbeensenttotherecorder
*Bit4:EXECUTION ERROR(value16)
Notused,setto0
*Bit3:ERRORFROM THEAPLIANCE(value8)
Notused,setto0
*Bit2:INTERROGATION ERROR(value4)