<commentscommandsTable="//================================================================
//
// The following table gives the correspondence
// between command and method names.
//
// Command name | Method name
//----------------------------------------------------------------
// State | dev_state
// Status | dev_status
// LoadPattern | load_pattern
// StartAcq | start_acq
// StopAcq | stop_acq
// Reset | reset
//================================================================"/>
<commandsname="State"description="This command gets the device state (stored in its device_state data member) and returns it to the caller."execMethod="dev_state"displayLevel="OPERATOR">