The dialog Channel Status / Control shows all relevant Status, EventStatus and Control items for the selected channel.
The dialog Channel Status / Control can be accessed the following ways:
In the first column, the Status bits are displayed. These bits represent the actual channel status. These bits are updated whenever the status changes.
Bit | Meaning |
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Voltage Limit | The output voltage is currently higher than the adjusted limit |
Current Limit | The output current is currently higher than the adjusted limit |
Trip | The measured output current exceeded the adjusted current trip |
External Inhibit | An external Inhibit is active |
Voltage Bounds | The channel is currently out of the configured voltage bounds |
Current Bounds | The channel is currently out of the configured current bounds |
Voltage Regulation | The channel is currently in mode voltage regulation (Vmeas ≈ Vset, Imeas < Iset) |
Current Regulation | The channel is currently in mode current regulation (Vmeas < Vset, Imeas ≈ Iset) |
Emergency Off | The channel is currently in state Emergency Off and cannot be turned on. To leave this state, choose menu Channel → Clear Emergency Off |
Ramping | The channel is currently ramping to the configured Vset or to Zero |
Input Error | The last command caused an input error (e. g. trying to set Vset higher than Vnominal etc.) |
In the second colum, the EventStatus bits are displayed. These bits represent the captured status. Whenever a Status bit changes to one, the corresponding EventStatus bit is also set. However, the EventStatus bits are not cleared automatically, they must be cleared by the user. This is possible with the Button "Clear Events".
In the third column, the EventMask bits are displayed. The EventMask bits serve two purposes:
The possibility to change the nominal values is currently not available.
The Channel Control is currently not available.