Model 2701 User’s Manual
Status Structure
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Reading registers
Any register in the status structure can be read by using the appropriate query (?) com-
mand. The following explains how to interpret the returned value (response message). The
actual query commands are covered later in this section.
The response message will be a value that indicates which bits in the register are set. That
value (if not already binary) will have to be converted to its binary equivalent. For
example, for a binary value of 100101, bits B5, B2, and B0 are set.
The returned value can be in the binary, decimal, hexadecimal, or octal format. The
FORMat:SREGister command is used to select the data format for the returned value (see
Table 11-2).
For non-decimal formats, one of the following headers will accompany the returned value
to indicate which format is selected:
#B = Header for binary values
#H = Header for hexadecimal values
#Q = Header for octal values
Table 11-2
Data format command for reading status registers
Command
Description
Default
:FORMat:SREGister <name>
Select data format for reading status registers:
<name> = ASCii
Decimal format
HEXadecimal Hexadecimal format
OCTal
Octal format
BINary
Binary format
ASCii
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