Programming Guide

Digital Oscilloscopes Series
109
STATUS
*STB?
Query
DESCRIPTION
The *STB? query reads the contents of the
488.1 defined status register (STB), and the
Master Summary Status (MSS). The response
represents the values of bits 0 to 5 and 7 of the
Status Byte register and the MSS summary
message.
The response to a *STB? Query is identical to
the response of a serial poll except that the
MSS summary message appears in bit 6 in
place of the RQS message.
QUERY SYNTAX
*STB?
RESPONSE FORMAT
*STB <value>
<value> : = 0 to 255
EXAMPLE
The following reads the status byte register:
Command message:
*STB?
Response message:
*STB 0
RELATED COMMANDS
ALL_STATUS,*CLS,*SRE