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Is there a way to find out if the HMC8012 is over driven - via remote instruction?

Question

Is there a way to find out if the HMC8012 is over driven via remote instruction?

Answer

For easy test purposes - to check the remote commands please use the HMExplorer
https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/software/hmc8015/

Using the instruction
*IDN?
should produce an answer such as
07:56:54.097 HMC8015< Rohde&Schwarz,HMC8015,036879265,01.403

In case you may send a wrong instruction (just for test purposes) and send *ESR? to ask for the status - the answer may be 32
Asking again *ESR?: The answer should be 0

Test 1: manually set the voltage range to 5V, the voltage connected should be < 7 V
Please use
STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition?
the result is 0
Test2: manually set the voltage range to 5V, the voltage connected should be > 7 V
Please use
STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition?
the result is 1

08:19:00.943 HMC8015< 5.9989E+00,1.3465E-05,-7.4727E-05,NAN,5.0000E+00,5.0000E-03,NAN,NAN,NAN,NAN
08:19:24.711 HMC8015> STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition?
08:19:24.775 HMC8015< 0
08:19:44.594 HMC8015> CHANnel:MEASurement:DATA?
08:19:44.655 HMC8015< 7.9988E+00,1.3441E-05,-9.9439E-05,NAN,5.0000E+00,5.0000E-03,NAN,NAN,NAN,NAN
08:19:55.732 HMC8015> STATus:QUEStionable:CONDition?
08:19:55.795 HMC8015< 1