Tst; Table 8-9 The Self Test Results - Agilent Technologies 8156A Operating And Programming Manual

Table 8-9 The Self Test Results
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Remote Commands
The Common Commands

*TST?

Syntax
*TST?
Definition The self-test query commands the instrument
to perform a self-test and place the results of
the test in the output queue.
Returned value: 0 ≤ value ≤ 65535. This value
is the sum of the results for the individual tests
BITS MNEMONICS
8 Counter
7 Analog to Digital Converter
6 General DSP Hardware
5 DSP Timeout
4 DSP Communications
3 Calibration Data Corrupt
2 Keypad
1 Battery RAM
0 Calibration Data
Not Present/ Checksum Fail
So 16 would mean that the DSP (Digital Signal
Processor) Communications had failed, 18
would mean that the DSP Communications had
failed, and so had the Battery RAM. A value of
zero indicates no errors.
No further commands are allowed while the
test is running.
The instrument is returned to the setting that
was active at the time the self-test query was
processed.
BIT VALUE
256
128
64
32
16
8
4
2
1
103