Command to know the present programming state (PXI-4130)

[vinodh_cyp]

NI's DC Power PXI equipments have three programming states - Uncommitted, Committed and Running. Is there a way to read the present state?

[Brandon_G.]

Hey vinodh,

There is not a way to query the current state of the hardware, however the state should be implicit based on the calls you make to the instrument.  Below is a state diagram showing how the instrument transitions from one state to another.  May I ask about your application and why you would like to query the state?

Thanks,

Brandon G

[vinodh_cyp]

Hi Brandon,

I want to use the 4 SMUs as truly independent equipments simultaneously (in 4 independent threads). Since the programming state is common to all 4 SMUs I wanted to query the present state. I have managed to workaround the issue with minimal impact. Thanks.

- Vinodh