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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:

= 0 to 65535

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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