*ESE? Standard Event Status Enable Query. Returns the weighted sum of all enabled
(unmasked) bits in the Standard Event Status Register.
Example 10 OUTPUT 70900;"*ESE?" Sends status enable query
20 ENTER 70900;A Places response in variable
30 PRINT A Prints response
40 END
*ESR? Standard Event Status Register Query. Returns the weighted sum of all set bits
in the Standard Event Status Register. After reading the register, *ESR? clears
the register. The events recorded in the Standard Event Status Register are
independent of whether or not those events are enabled with the *ESE
command.
Example 10 OUTPUT 70900;"*ESR?" Sends Standard Event Status
Register query
20 ENTER 70900;A Places response in variable
30 PRINT A Prints response
40 END
*GMC? < name_string> Get Macro Query. Returns arbitrary block response data which contains the
command or command sequence defined by name_string. The command
sequence will be prefixed with characters which indicate the number of
characters that follow the prefix.
Example 10 OUTPUT 70900;"*GMC? ’LIST’" ask for definition of macro
from *DMC example
20 ENTER 70900;Cmds$ enter into Cmds$ the definition
of the macro "LIST"
30 PRINT Cmds$ Cmds$= # 214VXI:CONF:
DLIS?
40 END
In this case, the prefix consists of "# 214". The 2 says to expect two
character-counting digits. The 14 says that 14 characters of data follow. Had the
returned macro been shorter, such as # 15*EMC?, we would read this as 1
counting digit indicating 5 data characters.
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