HP 132A, 53131A :STATus:OPERation:CONDition, Introduction, :STATus:OPERation Subtree, Figure 4-2.The Operation Status Register Group

Chapter 4 Command Reference

Introduction

:STATus Subsystem

The :STATus subsystem commands allow you to specify or examine the status of the Operation Status Register group and the Questionable Data/Signal Register group.

:STATus:OPERation Subtree

The :STATus:OPERation subtree commands allow you to examine the status of the Counter monitored by the Operation Status Register group, shown in Figure 4-

2.The Operation Status Register group consists of a condition register, two transition registers, an event register, and an enable register. The commands in this subtree allow you to control and monitor these registers.

See the section titled “Operation Status Register Group and Questionable Data/Signal Status Register Group” on page 3- 32 in Chapter 3 for a detailed description of the Operation Status Register Group.

Figure 4-2. The Operation Status Register Group

:STATus:OPERation:CONDition?

Query Response

Comments

Queries the status of the Operation Condition Status Register.

Bits are not cleared when read.

∙Numeric data transferred as ASCII bytes in <NR1> format.

∙Range is 0 to 65,535.

∙The query response value is an integer formed by the binary-weighting of the bits. The value of unused bits is zero.

The Operation Condition Status Register is cleared at power-on.

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