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Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual Section 12: Status Model

3700S-901-01 Rev. C / July 2008 12-21

Operation event registers

The Series 3700 has two register sets associated with operation event status.

Commands are summarized in the following table. For example, either of the

following commands will set the CAL enable bit:

status.operation.enable = status.operation.CAL

status.operation.enable = 1

The bits used in the operation event registers are described as follows:

CAL: Set bit indicates that the instrument is calibrating.

MEAS: Bit will be set when taking an overlapped measurement, but it will

not set when taking a normal synchronous measurement.

PRMPT: Set bit indicates that command prompts are enabled.

USER: Set bit indicates that an enabled bit in the operation status user

PROG: Set bit indicates that a program is running.

Operation event commands appear in the following table:

Commands

Bit

To set register bits:

status.operation.* = status.operation.CAL or

status.operation.CALIBRATING

status.operation.* = status.operation.MEAS or

status.operation.MEASURING

status.operation.* = status.operation.PRMT or

status.operation.PROMPTS

B11

status.operation.* = status.operation.USER

B12

status.operation.* = status.operation.PROG or

status.operation.PROGRAM_RUNNING

B14

To read registers:

print(status.operation.*)

Where * = .ntr, .ptr, .enable, .event, and .condition

NOTE The first three (.ntr, .ptr, and .enable) are read/write, while the last two