KEPCO EL Series Electronic Load Operator Manual P/N 243-1295 Firmware Version 4.00 to 4.xx - Manual (Page 66)

A-2
SERIES EL 071414
A.4 *ESE? — STANDARD EVENT STATUS ENABLE QUERY
*ESE?
Syntax: *ESE? Return value: Integer> value per Table A-2.
Description: Returns the mask stored in the Standard Event Status Enable Register. Contents of Standard
Event Status Enable register (*ESE) determine which bits of Standard Event Status register (*ESR)
are enabled, allowing them to be summarized in the Status Byte register (*STB). All of the enabled
events of the Standard Event Status Enable Register are logically ORed to cause ESB (bit 5) of the
Status Byte Register to be set (1 = set = enable function, 0 = reset = disable function).
A.5 *ESR? — EVENT STATUS REGISTER QUERY
*ESR?
Syntax: *ESR?
Return value: (Value = contents of Event Status register as defined in Table A-2.)
Description: Causes the electronic load to return the contents of the Standard Event Status register. After it
has been read, the register is cleared. The Standard Event Status register bit configuration is
defined in Table A-2 (1 = set, 0 = reset). The error bits listed in Table A-2 are also related to error
codes produced during parsing of messages and to errors in the load (see PAR. B.95).
• Any 1xx type error sets the Command error bit (5).
• Any 2xx type error sets the Execution error bit (4).
• Any 3xx type error sets the Device error bit (3).
• Any 4xx type error sets the Query error bit (2).
A.6 *IDN? — IDENTIFICATION QUERY
*IDN?
Syntax: *IDN?
Return value: Character string
Description: Identifies the instrument. This query requests identification. The electronic load returns a string (see
example below) which contains the manufacturer name, the model, the serial number and the firm-
ware level. The character string contains the following fields: , Date>,,MCB (Main Control Board) Serial number> - $
where: = KEPCO, =EL model (see Table 1-1), revision no.>, = B[n], or C and = Date and Time of MCB Firmware compilation.
KEPCO, EL 5K-600-200 03-15-2010,A104503,MCB #234 3.87-B3 $ 2010/03/26 12:58:08 $
= B where:
n
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2 identifies older units that have upgraded firmware. SYST:DAMP (PAR. B.93) for these units
can be set only from 0 to 5.
n
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identifies older units that have upgraded firmware. SYST:DAMP (PAR. B.93) for these units
can be set to any value in the full range from 0 to 7.
= C identifies units that are CE marked