User Manual
6-2
IM 04P01B01-17E
6.2  The Bit Structure of the Status Information
The following four groups of status information are output in response to a status 
information output request using the IS command. For the output format, see “Status 
Information” in section 5.2, “Output Format of ASCII Data.”
Status Information 1
Bit Name Description
0 A/D conversion complete Set to “1” when the A/D conversion of the 
measurement is complete.
1 – –
2 Periodic printout timeout Set to “1” when the periodic printout timer expires.
3 TLOG timeout Set to “1” when the TLOG timer expires.
4 – –
5 – –
6 – –
7 – –
Status Information 2
Bit Name Description
0 Measurement drop Set to “1” when the measurement process could not 
keep up.
1 Decimal point/unit  Set to “1” when the decimal point/unit information is 
information change changed.
2 Command error Set to “1” when there is a command syntax error.
3 Execution error Set to “1” when an error occurs during command 
execution.
4 – –
5 – –
6 – –
7 – –
Status Information 3
Bit Name Description
0 – –
1 Chart end Set to “1” while the recorder is out of chart paper.
2 – –
3 – –
4 – –
5 Chart feeding Set to “1” while the chart is being fed through the 
panel key.
6 – –
7 – –
Status Information 4
Bit Name Description
0 Basic setting Set to “1” during Basic Setting mode.
1 Recording Set to “1” while recording is in progress.
2 Computing Set to “1” while computation is in progress.
3 Alarm generating Set to “1” while the alarm is occurring.
4 – –
5 – –
6 Header printing out Set to “1” only between start of Start printout and end 
of End printout.
7 – –










