Programming Manual
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T3AWG3K-C Series Arbitrary Waveform Generator
True-Arb Operating Mode
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2.2.2
Status Byte Register (SBR)
The bits of this register are used to monitor the output queue, SESR and service requests, re-
spectively. The contents of this register are returned when the *STB? query is used.
BIT
Name
Description
7 (MSB)
OSS
Operation Summary Status (OSS). Summary of the
operation status register.
6
RQS/MSS
Request Service (RQS)/Master Status Summary
(MSS). When the instrument is accessed using the
serial poll command, this bit is called the Request
Service(RQS) bit and indicates to the controller that
a service request has occurred.
The RQS bit is cleared when serial poll ends.
When the instrument is accessed using the *STB?
query, this bit is called the Master Status Summary
(MSS) bit and indicates that the instrument has is-
sued a service request for one or more reasons. The
MSS bit is never cleared to 0 by the *STB? Query.
5
ESB
Event Status Bit (ESB). This bit indicates whether or
not a new event has occurred after the previous
Standard Event Status Register (SESR) has been
cleared or after an event readout has been per-
formed
4
MAV
Message Available Bit (MAV). This bit indicates that
a message has been placed in the output queue
and can be retrieved.
3
QSS
Questionable Summary Status (QSS). Summary of
the Questionable Status Byte register.
2
EAV
Event Quantity Available (EAV). Summary of the
Error Event Queue.
1
--
This is not used
0(LSB)
--
This is not used
Table 9: Status Byte Register (SBR)