Agilent Technologies E4356A Power supply Hardware Error Messages, Calibration Error Messages

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Error Messages

Power supply Hardware Error Messages

Front panel error messages resulting from selftest errors or runtime failures are described in “Chapter 3 - Turn-On Checkout”.

Calibration Error Messages

Front panel error messages resulting from calibration errors are described in Appendix B.

System Error Messages

System error messages are obtained remotely with the SYST:ERR? query or by pressing the front panel key. The error number is the value placed in the error queue. SYST:ERR? returns the error number into a variable and combines the number and the error message into a string. Table D-1 lists the system errors that are associated with SCPI syntax errors and with interface problems. Information inside the brackets is not part of the standard error message, but is included for clarification. When system errors occur, the Standard Event Status register (see "Chapter 8 - Status Reporting") records them as follows:

Bit Set

5

4

Error

Number

-100 -101 -102 -103 -104 -105 -108 -109 -112 -113 -121 -123 -124 -128 -131 -138

	Standard Event Status Register Error Bits
Error Code	Error Type	Bit Set	Error Code	Error Type
-100 thru -199	Command	3	-300 thru -399	Device-dependent
-200 thru -299	Execution	2	-400 thru -499	Query

Table D-1. Summary of System Error Messages

Error String [Description/Explanation/Examples]

Command error [generic command error] Invalid character

Syntax error [unrecognized command or data type]

Invalid separator [illegal character encountered in place of separator] Data type error [e.g., “numeric or string expected, got block date”] GET not allowed [ <GET> inside a program message]

Parameter not allowed [too many parameters] Missing parameter [too few parameters]

Program mnemonic too long [maximum 12 characters]

Undefined header [syntactical correct but not defined for this device] Invalid character in number [e.g. alpha in decimal data, etc.] Exponent too large [ numeric overflow; exponent magnitude >32000] Too many digits [number too long; more than 255 digits received] Numeric data not allowed [numeric data not accepted where positioned] Invalid suffix [unrecognized suffix, or suffix not appropriate]

Suffix not allowed [numeric element does not allow suffixes]

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