The commands in this subsystem relate to the current operating state of the instrument.
:STATus:OPERation[:EVENt]?
Title
Get Operation Status
Description
This command requests information about the current status of the instrument. Each bit of the return value represents some operation. Only a subset of the bits are implemented for each application. The number returned is the decimal representation of the bit-wise OR of the enabled bits:
Bit
Decimal
Value Description
0
1
Not implemented
1
2
Not implemented
2
4
Not implemented
3
8
Not implemented
4
16
Not implemented
5
32
Not implemented
6
64
Not implemented
7
128
Not implemented
8
256
Sweep Complete
This bit is set to 0 when the command :INITiate[:IMMediate] is sent to trigger a sweep. It will have a value of 1 when the sweep has completed.
9
512
I/Q Capture
This bit indicates whether the instrument is currently capturing I/Q data. It is set to 1 when the MEAS:IQ:CAPT command is issued. This bit will be set to 0 when the capture is completed normally (in block mode), or is aborted, either due to the ABORt command or some other command which invalidates the capture.