Agilent Technologies 8156A User Manual

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Remote Commands
The Common Commands
*TST? 
Syntax    
*TST?
Definition    
The self-test query commands the instrument 
to perform a self-test and place the results of 
the test in the output queue.
Returned value: 0 
 value 
 65535. This value 
is the sum of the results for the individual tests
Table 8-9
The Self Test Results
So 16 would mean that the DSP (Digital Signal 
Processor) Communications had failed, 18 
would mean that the DSP Communications had 
failed, and so had the Battery RAM. A value of 
zero indicates no errors.
No further commands are allowed while the 
test is running.
The instrument is returned to the setting that 
was active at the time the self-test query was 
processed.
BITS MNEMONICS 
BIT 
VALUE 
8
Counter
256
7
Analog to Digital Converter
128
6
General DSP Hardware
64
5
DSP  Timeout
32
4
DSP Communications
16
3
Calibration Data Corrupt
8
2
Keypad
4
1
Battery RAM
2
0
Calibration Data
 Not Present/ Checksum Fail
1