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Appendix D
Registers, Data Formats, & Queries
Reference Note: If you are not familiar with programming you will probably gain more understanding of
the program-related portions of this appendix by first reviewing Appendix A, API Commands.
Contents
Using the High/Low/Last (HLL) Registers--------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-2
What is Contained in the HLL Registers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-2
Accessing the HLL Registers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-2
Data Format (F) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-5
Data Input Formats ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-5
Data Output Formats --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-6
Engineering Units Data Format -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-6
Binary Data Format ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-8
Counts Data Format ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------D-8
Configuring Power-Up State ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-9
Queries --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-10
Query (?) Commands ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-10
U Status Commands------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-11
Status, Event Reporting, and Mask Registers---------------------------------------------------------------------- D-11
Theory of Operation------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-12
Calibration Status Register ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-14
Error Source Register ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-14
Event Status Register ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-14
Event Status Enable Register -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-14
Status Byte Register------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-15
Using Status Reporting Registers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-16
Trigger Latency ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-17
Trigger Overrun --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-17
Buffer Overrun----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-17
Buffer Overrun With One Trigger Block------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-18
Buffer Overrun With Multiple Trigger Blocks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D-18
Real Time Clock---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D-18
Open Thermocouple/Range Error Checking ----------------------------------------------------------------------- D-18
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