iL Series User Manual
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Rev B
California Instruments
4.4.5 Protection and Status Control Keys
The Protect and Status keys control the protection functions and status registers of
the AC source. Refer to chapter 6 of the SCPI Programming manual for more
information on the status registers.
Protect
Press this key to access the protection menu list.
Display
Command Function
PROT:CLEAR
Clear the status registers of all activated protection
signals. The fault causing a signal must be corrected or
removed before the register can be cleared.
CURR:PROT <char>
Set overcurrent protection function (
ON
or
OFF
).
VOLT:PROT <value>
Set the overvoltage protection level.
DELAY <value>
Set the time delay for activating a protection fault after
programming the AC source output.
Table 24 : Protection menu list display readouts
Shift Status
Press this key to access the status menu list. Note that in the
following list, commands ending in ? clear the registers when
they are read. For this reason the registers are read only after
you press Enter, not when you scroll to the command.
Display
Command Function
*CLS
Execute *CLS command
STATUS:PRESET
Execute STATus:PRESet command
*ESR? <value>
Return Event Status register value
*STB <value>
Return Status Byte register value
OPER:EVEN? <value>
Return STAT:OPER:EVENT? value
OPER:COND <value>
Return STAT:OPER:COND? value
QUES:EVEN? <value>
Return STAT:QUES:EVENT? value
QUES:COND <value>
Return STAT:QUES:COND? value
Table 25 : Status menu list display readouts
Notes:
value = a numeric value
char = a character string parameter
s
and
t
scroll through the command list.
↑
and
↓
scroll through the parameter list.
4.4.6 Trigger and List Control Keys
The Trigger Control key controls output transient triggers. The List key controls the
generation of output lists. A list can contain up to 100 points, each of which can
specify an output change (or transient). Refer to chapter 4 of the SCPI Programming
Manual for more information about programming triggers and lists.
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