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Standard status data structure – EXFO PM-1100 Optical Power Meter User Manual

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Standard Status Data Structure

Standard Status Data Structure

The figure shown hereafter illustrates the four common status and enable
registers as defined by IEEE 488.2. This diagram is a useful aid in
understanding the general commands and how a service request (SRQ) is
generated. The four registers are

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Standard Event Status Register (ESR)

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Standard Event Status Enable Register (ESE)

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Status Byte Register (STB)

³

Service Request Enable Register (SRE)

Bit

ESR

ESE

STB

SRE

0

Operation

Complete

Operation

Complete

N/A

N/A

1

Request Control

Request Control

N/A

N/A

2

Query Error

Query Error

Error Bit

Error Summary Bit

3

Device Dependent

Error

Device Dependent

Error

Questionable

Status

Questionable

Status

4

Execution Error

Execution Error

Message Available Event Status

Summary Bit

5

Command Error

Command Error

Event Status

Summary Bit

Message Available

6

User Request

User Request

Master Summary

Status

Request Service /

Master Summary

Status

7

Power On

Power On

Operation Status

Operation Status