User`s manual

Chapter 9
AFG Status
Introduction
This chapter describes the Agilent E1445A Arbitrary Function Generator
status system. Included is information on the status groups used by the
AFG, the conditions monitored by each group, and information on how to
enable a condition to interrupt the computer.
This main sections of this chapter include:
• Status System Registers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 429
- The Questionable Signal Status Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 431
- The Operation Status Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 435
- The Standard Event Status Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 439
- The Status Byte Status Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 442
Status System Registers
Operating conditions within the AFG are monitored by registers in various
status groups. The status groups implemented by the AFG are:
• Questionable Signal Status Group
– Condition Register
– Transition Filter
– Event Register
– Enable Register
• Operation Status Group
– Condition Register
– Transition Filter
– Event Register
– Enable Register
• Standard Event Status Group
– Standard Event Status Register
– Standard Event Status Enable Register
• Status Byte Status Group
– Status Byte Register
– Service Request Enable Register
The relationship between the registers and filters in these groups is shown in
Figure 9-1.
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