Viewing stored alarm data – Agilent Technologies L4400 User Manual
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Select
EQUal
to generate an alarm when the data read from the port is
equal to
CALC:COMP:DATA
after being masked by
CALC:COMP:MASK
. Select
NEQual
(not equal) to generate an alarm when the data read from the
port is not equal to
CALC:COMP:DATA
after being masked by
CALC:COMP:MASK
.
Use
CALC:COMP:MASK
to designate the “don’t care” bits. Bits that you set
to “0” in the mask are ignored. To enable the specified alarm mode, send
the following command.
CALCulate:COMPare:STATe ON,(@<ch_list>)
Example: Configuring an Alarm on a Digital Input
The following program segment sets the digital pattern for the L4450A and
then enables the pattern comparison mode. When the data read from the
bank is equal to the comparison pattern, an alarm is generated on Alarm 2.
CALC:COMP:DATA:WORD #HF6,(@1201)
CALC:COMP:TYPE EQUAL,(@1201)
OUTP:ALARM2:SOUR (@1201)
CALC:COMP:STAT ON,(@1201)
Set compare pattern (1111 0110)
Generate alarm on match
Enable alarms
Enable pattern compare mode
To assign the alarm number to report any alarm conditions on the
specified totalizer channels, use the following command.
OUTPut:ALARm[1|2]:SOURce (@<ch_list>)
To configure an alarm on a totalizer channel, specify the desired count
as the upper limit using the following command.
CALCulate:LIMit:UPPer <count>,(@<ch_list>)
To enable the upper limit on the specified totalizer channel, use the
following command.
CALCulate:LIMit:UPPer:STATe ON,(@<ch_list>)
Viewing Stored Alarm Data
If an alarm occurs on a channel as it is being scanned, then that channel’s
alarm status is stored in reading memory as the readings are taken. As
alarm events are generated, they are also logged in an alarm queue, which
is separate from reading memory. This is the only place where
non- scanned alarms get logged (alarms generated by the digital modules).
The following command reads data from the alarm queue (one alarm
event is read and cleared each time this command is executed).
SYSTem:ALARm?
The following command retrieves scanned readings and alarm data from
reading memory (the readings are not erased).
FETCh?