Tektronix TVS600 & TVS600A Series Manuel D’Utilisation

IEEE 488.2 Common Commands

TVS600 & TVS600A Command Reference

Returns the contents of the Status Byte Register as a decimal sum of all set
events. You can get a chronological list of events from the Status Queue using
the SYSTem:ERRor? query. Table 2–7 describes the bit assignments in the
Status Byte Register. For a complete description of the status and events
reporting system, see the TVS600 & TVS600A Series Waveform Analyzers User
Manual.

0–1

–

Not used.

2

4

Error/Event Queue not empty indicates that the error/event queue
contains information and is waiting to be read.

3

8

Questionable Event Status indicates that the quality of result data
or of an operation is questionable.

4

16

Message Available (MAV) shows that data is available in the
Output Queue.

5

32

Event Status Bit indicates that one or more events have occurred
in the Standard Event Status Register.

6

64

Master Summary Status (MSS) is a summary bit that indicates
other bits in the Status Byte Register are set.

7 (MSB)

128

Operation Event Register indicates that the waveform analyzer is
busy performing a normal operation such as acquiring a waveform.

Not applicable

<NR1>

Not applicable

None

Reading this register does not clear it.

Query: