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3.8.3 Service Requests and Message Available
In the IEEE mode there are a number of events which will trigger service
requests, a request by the instrument to transmit information to the host. The
instrument does this by triggering the RQS bit of the Status Byte. A host initiated
serial poll then identifies the requesting device by the presence of a 1 in the
RQS (2
6
) bit of the status byte. The particular service request generator event
is encoded in bits 2
0
- 2
3
inclusive, as shown below:
It takes the instrument various lengths of time to formulate a correct response
to queries for information. To avoid unnecessarily repeated bus traffic, it is
suggested that the host monitor the MAV (message available) status bit to
determine when a response for information is fully assembled and ready to
transmit.
Table 3-5 Service Request Encoding
Generator Event
Code
Value
FINAL THICKNESS
0001
1
STBY/ON sequence
0100
4
Crystal Fail
0110
6
250ms DATA READY. Available only
after R23 is issued, see
This is automatically cleared on
crystal failure.
0111
7
TIMER SPT exceeded
1000
8
THICKNESS SPT exceeded
1001
9
2
7
2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
0
not
used
not
used
Service request
generation encoding
RQS
MAV
Result of Serial Poll