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230 Agilent Infiniium 90000 Series Oscilloscopes Programmer's Reference
13 Common Commands
*ESE
(Event Status Enable)
Command
*ESE <mask>
The *ESE command sets the Standard Event Status Enable Register bits.
<mask> An integer, 0 to 255, representing a mask value for the bits to be enabled
in the Standard Event Status Register as shown in Table 17.
Example This example enables the User Request (URQ) bit of the Standard Event
Status Enable Register. When this bit is enabled and a front-panel key is
pressed, the Event Summary bit (ESB) in the Status Byte Register is also
set.
myScope.WriteString "*ESE 64"
Query *ESE?
The *ESE? query returns the current contents of the Standard Event
Status Enable Register.
Returned Format
<mask><NL>
<mask> An integer, +0 to +255 (the plus sign is also returned), representing a
mask value for the bits enabled in the Standard Event Status Register as
shown in Table 17.
Example This example places the current contents of the Standard Event Status
Enable Register in the numeric variable, varEvent. The value of the
variable is printed on the computer's screen.
myScope.WriteString "*ESE?"
varEvent = myScope.ReadNumber
Debug.Print FormatNumber(varEvent, 0)
The Standard Event Status Enable Register contains a mask value for the
bits to be enabled in the Standard Event Status Register. A "1" in the
Standard Event Status Enable Register enables the corresponding bit in
the Standard Event Status Register. A "0" in the enable register disables
the corresponding bit.
Table 17 Standard Event Status Enable Register Bits
Bit Weight Enables Definition
7 128 PON - Power On Indicates power is turned on.
6 64 Not Used. Permanently set to zero.
5 32 CME - Command Error Indicates whether the parser
detected an error.