Model 6517B Electrometer Reference Manual
Section 14: SCPI command reference
6517B-901-01 Rev. C / August 2015
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Operation event register:
Bit B0, calibrating (Cal): Set bit indicates that the instrument is calibrating (PTR), or calibration is
complete (NTR).
Bits B1, B2, B3, and B4: Not used.
Bit B5, waiting for trigger (Trig): Set bit indicates that the instrument is waiting in the trigger layer
(PTR) of the trigger model, or that it has left the trigger layer (NTR).
Bit B6, waiting for arm (Arm): Set bit indicates that the instrument is waiting in an arm layer of the
trigger model (PTR), or operation has proceeded from the arm layers into the trigger layer (NTR).
Bits B7 and B8: Not used.
Bit B9, calculating (Calc): Set bit indicates that the instrument is calculating a reading (PTR), or that
the calculation is completed (NTR).
Bit B10, idle: Set bit indicates that the instrument is in the idle state (PTR), or has left the idle state to
perform an operation (NTR).
Bit B11, sequence test running (Seq): Set bit indicates that a sequence test is running (PTR), or that
the test has finished (NTR).
Bits B12, B13, and B14: Not used.
Bit B15: Always zero.
Figure 118: Operation event register
