Specifications

SCPI Command Operation SG Series Programming
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Command Description SCPI
:STATe?
Returns the present state for the selected sequence. It
returns a state for the RAM copy of the sequence, and a
state for the slave processor copy. (Internally, the SGI
uses a two processor architecture, where one
processor processes the SCPI commands and the user
interface (display and keypad), and another processor
(the slave processor) processes commands to control
the power hardware.) The state of the slave is the
actual state of the sequence, since the slave processor
actually executes a sequence. The RAM copy will
normally reflect the state of the slave. The response of
the query is in the following format:
Ram{n} = "rstate", slave[m] = "sstate"
where rstate may be any of the following:
"RUNNING", "PAUSED", "STOPPED", "EDIT",
"EMPTY", or "ERROR"
and sstate may be any of the following:
"RUNNING", "PAUSED", "STOPPED", or
"ERROR"
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