Operation Event Registers - Keithley 3700 series Reference Manual

Section 8: Status Model

Operation event registers

The Series 3700 has two register sets associated with Operation Event Status. Commands are
summarized in the following table. For example, either of the following commands will set the
MEAS enable bit:
status.operation.ENABLE = status.operation.MEAS
status.operation.ENABLE = 1
The bits used in the Operation Event Registers are described as follows:
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Operation event commands appear in the following table:
Commands
To set register bits:
status.operation.* = status.operation.CAL
status.operation.* = status.operation.MEAS
status.operation.* = status.operation.PRMT
status.operation.* = status.operation.USER
status.operation.* = status.operation.PROG
To read registers:
print(status.operation.*)
print(status.operation.condition)
print(status.operation.event)
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CAL: Set bit indicates that the instrument is calibrating.
MEAS: Bit will be set when taking an overlapped measurement, but it will not set when
taking a normal synchronous measurement.
PRMPT: Set bit indicates that command prompts are enabled.
USER: Set bit indicates that an enabled bit in the operation status user register is set.
PROG: Set bit indicates that a program is running.
Series 3700 System Switch/Multimeter Reference Manual
Document Number: 3700S-901-01 Rev. A / August 2007
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B0
B4
B11
B12
B14