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Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 12: Status Model
3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008 12-11
Reading registers
Any register in the status structure can be read by either sending the common
command query (where applicable), or by including the script command for that
register in either the print() or print(tostring()) command. The
print() command returns a numeric value, while the print(tostring())
command returns the string equivalent.
For example, the following commands request the Service Request Enable
register value:
*SRE?
print(tostring(status.request_enable))
print(status.request_enable)
The response message will be a decimal value that indicates which bits in the
register are set. That value can be converted to its binary equivalent. If the
response is a decimal value of 37 (binary value of 100101), bits B5, B2, and B0
are set.