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Boonton 9240 Series RF Voltmeter
STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition?
Description:
Return the current value of the Questionable Condition register. The following table shows the
bit assignments in the register. These bits are updated by the instrument in real time, and can
change in response to changes in the instrument’s operating condition.
Bit
Value
Definition
0
1
Not
used always
0.
1
2
Not
used always
0.
2
4
Not
used always
0.
3
8
Voltage
1 = a voltage measurement may be invalid.
4
16
Not
used always
0.
5
32
Not
used always
0.
6
64
Not
used always
0.
7
128
Not used
always 0.
8
256
Calibration
1 = probe requires zeroing
9
512
Not used
always 0.
10
1024
Not used
always 0.
11
2048
Not
used always
0.
12
4096
Not used
always 0.
13
8192
Not
used always
0.
14
16384
Not
used always
0.
15
32768
Not
used always
0.
Syntax:
STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition?
Returns:
16-bit register value (0 to 65535)
STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle
Description:
Sets or returns the Questionable Enable register, which contains the bit mask that defines which
true conditions in the Questionable Status Event register will be reported in the Questionable
Summary bit of the instrument Status Byte. If any bit is 1 in the Questionable Enable register and
its corresponding Questionable Event bit is true, the Questionable Status summary bit will be set.
Syntax:
STATus:QUEStionable:ENABle
Argument:
Returns:
16-bit register value (0 to 65535)
STATus:QUEStionable:EVENt?
Description:
Returns the current contents of the Questionable Event register then resets the register value to 0.
The Questionable Event register contains the latched events from the Questionable Condition
register as specified by the Questionable status group’s positive and negative transition filters.
Syntax:
STATus:QUEStionable:EVENt?
Returns:
16-bit register value (0 to 65535)
Remote Operation
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