Specifications

3-15
Interrogating the Instrument Status
Operation Status Register Group
Operation Status Register Group
The Operation Status register is a 16-bit register group of which only 7 bits are used. This
register group conforms to the SCPI register model and gives information about the
current operation the instrument is performing. The Operation Status register group is
defined as follows:
Figure 3-6 Operation Status Register Group
The bits in the Operation Status register group are defined as follows:
Table 3-6 Operation Status Register
Bit # Mnemonic Description Bit Value
0-2 These bits are not used
3 ERR CAPTURE Capturing error location 8
4 MEAS Measuring (Gating) 16
5-7 These bits are not used
8 ERR Bit Error has occurred 256
9 END End of repetitive measurement period 512
10 LOG Instrument is logging 1024
11 ALIG Aligning Clock and Data 2048
12 CENT Centering Clock and Data 4096
13-15 These bits are not used