System SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual Section 7:
2600BS-901-01 Rev. C / August 2016 7-343
For information about .condition, .enable, .event, .ntr, and .ptr registers, refer to Status register set
contents (on page E-1) and Enable and transition registers (on page E-19). The individual bits of this
register are defined in the following table.
Bit Value Description
status.MEASUREMENT_SUMMARY_BIT
status.MSB
Set summary bit indicates that an enabled event in the
Measurement Event Register has occurred.
status.SYSTEM_SUMMARY_BIT
status.SSB
This bit is only available on Models
2601B/2602B/2611B/2612B/2635B/2636B. Set summary
bit indicates that an enabled event in the System Summary
Register has occurred.
Bit B1 decimal value: 2
B2
status.EAV
Set summary bit indicates that an error or status message
is present in the Error Queue.
B3
status.QUESTIONABLE_SUMMARY_BIT
status.QSB
Set summary bit indicates that an enabled event in the
Questionable Status Register has occurred.
B4
status.MAV
Set summary bit indicates that a response message is
present in the Output Queue.
Bit B4 decimal value: 16
B5
status.ESB
Set summary bit indicates that an enabled event in the
Standard Event Status Register has occurred.
B6 Not used Not applicable
status.OPERATION_SUMMARY_BIT
status.OSB
Set summary bit indicates that an enabled event in the
Operation Status Register has occurred.
Bit B7 decimal value: 128
In addition to the above constants, requestEventRegister can be set to the decimal equivalent of
the bits set. When more than one bit of the register is set, requestEventRegister contains the
sum of their decimal weights. For example, if 129 is returned, bits B0 and B7 are set (1 + 128).
Bit B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 B0
(2
) (2
) (2
) (2
) (2
) (2
) (2
) (2
)
Example
requestEventRegister = status.request_event
print(requestEventRegister)
Reads the status request event register.
Sample output:
1.29000e+02
Converting this output (129) to its binary
equivalent yields 1000 0001.
Therefore, this output indicates that the set bits
of the status request event register are presently
Also see
status.condition (on page 7-275)
status.system.* (on page 7-347)
Status byte and service request (SRQ) (on page E-15)