Agilent Technologies B2201A manual Standard Scpi Error Messages, Command Error

Error Messages

Standard SCPI Error Messages

Standard SCPI Error Messages

Standard SCPI error messages have negative error numbers. The following are the standard SCPI error messages for the B2200:

Command Error

If syntax of SCPI command is not valid, a -1XXerror occurs. The error number and message are placed in the error queue, and bit5 of the Standard Event Status Register is set.

A SCPI command consists of a command header and zero or more parameters. The following are example SCPI commands:

•Subsystem command: :ROUT:OPEN:CARD 1 :ROUT:OPEN:CARD is the command header, and 1 is the parameter.

A subsystem command header consists of mnemonics (keywords) separated by colons. Query commands have a question mark (?) at end of last mnemonic.

•Common command: *SRE 48

*SRE is the command header, and 48 is the parameter.

A common command header consists of an asterisk (*) followed by 3 characters. Query commands have a question mark (?) at end of header.

Error	Error Message and Description
Number
-100	Command error
	Generic syntax error that cannot be determined more specifically.
-101	Invalid character
	A syntax element contains a character that is invalid for that type of
	element; for example, a header containing an ampersand.
-102	Syntax error
	An unrecognized command or data type was received; for example, a
	string was received when the B2200 does not accept strings.

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