Getstatus - Keithley 4200A-SCS Reference Manual

Model 4200A-SCS Parameter Analyzer Reference Manual
Also see
clrcon (on page 13-199)
clrscn (on page 13-9)
clrtrg (on page 13-11)
dev_abort
devclr (on page 13-67)
kibdefint (on page 13-24)

getstatus

This command returns the operating state of a specified instrument.
Usage
int getstatus(int instr_id, long parameter, double *result);
instr_id
parameter
result
Details
If you see the UT_INVLDPRM invalid parameter error returned from the getstatus command, it
indicates that the status item parameter is illegal for this device. The requested status code is invalid
for the selected device.
A list of supported getstatus command values for the parameter parameter for a source-measure
unit (SMU) and a pulse card (VPU) are provided in the following tables.
No status values are provided for measurement-specific conditions.
Supported SMU getstatus query parameters
SMU parameter
KI_IPVALUE
KI_VPVALUE
KI_IPRANGE
KI_VPRANGE
KI_IARANGE
KI_VARANGE
KI_COMPLNC
KI_RANGE_COMPLIANCE
4200A-901-01 Rev. C / February 2017
(on page 13-92)
The instrument identification code
The parameter of query; see Details
The data returned from the instrument; the getstatus command returns one item
Returns
The presently
programmed
output value
The presently
programmed
range
The presently
active range
Compliance
status of last
reading
Range
compliance
status of last
reading
Section 13: LPT library function reference
Comment
Current value (I output value)
Voltage value (V output value)
Current range (full-scale range value, or 0.0
for autorange)
Voltage range (full-scale range value, or 0.0
for autorange)
Current range (full-scale range value)
Voltage range (full-scale range value)
Bitmapped values:
2 = LIMIT (at the compliance limit set by
limitX)
4 = RANGE (at the top of the range set by
rangeX)
Returns 1 if in range compliance
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