Appendix E: Status model
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TSP-Link system status
The TSP-Link
®
expansion interface allows instruments to communicate with each other. The test
system can be expanded to include up to 64 TSP-enabled instruments. In a TSP-Link system, one
node (instrument) is the master and the other nodes are the subordinates. The master can control the
other nodes (subordinates) in the system. See
TSP-Link system expansion interface
(on page 6-47)
for details about the TSP-Link system.
The system summary registers, shown in
summary and standard event registers
(on page E-6), are shared by all nodes in the TSP-Link
system. A status event that occurs at a subordinate node can generate an SRQ (service request) in
the master node. After detecting the service request, your program can then branch to an appropriate
subroutine that will service the request. See
Status byte and service request (SRQ)
for details.
Status model configuration example
Status configuration (enable) commands
(on page E-27), there is an example illustrating the status
model configuration for a TSP-Link
®
system. In this example, a current limit (compliance) event in
SMU A of node 15 will set the RQS bit of the Status Byte of the master node. The commands to
configure the status model for this example are provided in
Status configuration (enable) commands
(on page E-27).
When a current limit (compliance) condition occurs in SMU A of Node 15, the following sequence of
events will occur:
•
Node 15: Bit B1 of the Measurement Event Current Limit Summary Register sets when the
current limit (compliance) event occurs.
•
Node 15: Bit B1 (ILMT) of the Measurement Event Register sets.
•
Node 15: Bit B0 (MSB) of the Status Byte sets.
•
System Summary Registers: Bit B1 (Node 15) of the System2 Summary Register sets.
NOTE
The System Summary Registers are shared by all nodes in the TSP-Link system. When a bit in a
system register of node 15 sets, the same bit in the master node system register also sets.
•
System Summary Registers: Bit B0 (Extension) of the System Summary Register sets.
•
Master Node: Bit B0 (MSB) of the Status Byte sets.
•
Master node: With service request enabled, bit B6 (RQS) of the Status Byte sets. When your
program performs the next serial poll of the master node, it will detect the current limit event and
can branch to a routine to service the request.
