Operation

Accumulated Status, Status, and Fault Registers

Table 3.8 Accumulated Status, Status, and Fault Registers

Condition

Mnemonic

Bit Position

Bit Weight

Constant voltage operation

CV

0

1

 

 

 

 

Constant current operation

CC

1

2

 

 

 

 

Not used

2

4

 

 

 

 

Overvoltage protection tripped

OV

3

8

 

 

 

 

Not used

4

16

 

 

 

 

Supply external shutdown active (J7-1)

SD

5

32

 

 

 

 

Foldback mode operation

FOLD

6

64

 

 

 

 

Remote programming error

ERR

7

128

 

 

 

 

Power ON (accumulated status, status

PON

8

256

registers only)

 

 

 

Remote mode (accumulated status, status

REM

9

512

registers only)

 

 

 

Notes:

1.Only CC, CV, OV, SD, ERR and FOLD can be masked or unmasked.

2.The error (ERR) bit is reset in the accumulated status, status, and serial poll registers with an error query (ERR?).

3.The accumulated status register is cleared with an accumulated status query (ASTS?).

4.A fault is cleared with a fault query (FAULT?).

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Xantrex Technology RS232-XT, RS232-HPD manual Condition Mnemonic Bit Position Bit Weight, Rem

RS232-XT, RS232-HPD specifications

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