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Status Query

Andrew St. Yves edited this page Mar 24, 2017 · 3 revisions

Send: ?<cr>

Expected Response: <status byte><cr>where <status byte> is a byte representation of the status

Error Response: err<cr>

Description

The status query requests the current run status of the Scorpion instrument. The <status byte> value will be represented numerically as an ASCII character. The potential responses are below.

0 = Idle (this is the default, non-running state)

2 = Errored (can be cleared with the Initialize Command)

4 = Busy/Running

16 = No Plates/Run Finished