diff --git a/stspin/utility.py b/stspin/utility.py
index 44797cc..2a14d0b 100644
--- a/stspin/utility.py
+++ b/stspin/utility.py
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
     List,
 )
 
+from .constants import (
+    Constant,
+    Status,
+    MotorStatus,
+    SwitchStatus,
+)
 
 def getByteCount(value: int) -> int:
     """Calculate the number of bytes required to represent value
@@ -76,3 +82,65 @@ def toInt(byte_array: List[int]) -> int:
         result += byte * multiplier
 
     return result
+
+def getPrettyStatus(status: int) -> str:
+    """Return a str representing the status
+
+    :status: Status as 2 bytes
+    :returns: str representing the status
+
+    """
+    Steploss = '' if (status & Status.NotStepLossB) and \
+        (status & Status.NotStepLossA) else '!STEP LOSS'
+
+    Overcurrent = '' if (status & Status.NotOvercurrent) else '!OVER CURRENT'
+
+    ThermalShutdown = '' if (status & Status.NotThermalShutdown) else \
+        '!THERMAL SHUTDOWN'
+
+    ThermalWarning = '' if (status & Status.NotThermalWarning) else \
+        'Thermal Warning'
+
+    Undervoltage = '' if (status & Status.NotUndervoltage) else \
+        '!UNDER VOLTAGE'
+
+    CmdWrong = '!INVALID COMMAND' if (status & Status.CmdWrong) else ''
+    NotPerformed = 'Cmd Ignored' if (status & Status.CmdNotPerformed) else ''
+
+    Motor = 'Motor: '
+    if status & MotorStatus.ConstantSpeed:
+        Motor += 'Constant Speed'
+    elif status & MotorStatus.Accelerating:
+        Motor += 'Accelerating'
+    elif status & MotorStatus.Decelerating:
+        Motor += 'Decelerating'
+    else:
+        Motor += 'Stopped'
+
+    Direction = 'Direction: '
+    Direction += 'Forward' if (status & Constant.DirForward) else 'Reverse'
+
+    Busy = 'Busy: '
+    Busy += 'False' if (status & Status.NotBusy) else 'True'
+
+    HiZ = 'HiZ: '
+    HiZ += 'True' if (status & Status.HiZ) else 'False'
+
+    StatusLines = [
+        Steploss,
+        Overcurrent,
+        ThermalShutdown,
+        Undervoltage,
+        CmdWrong,
+        ThermalWarning,
+        NotPerformed,
+        Motor,
+        Direction,
+        Busy,
+        HiZ,
+    ]
+
+    # Filter out blank lines
+    StatusLinesClean = filter(None, StatusLines)
+
+    return '\n'.join(StatusLinesClean)