Error Messages

Getting Started with Remote Operation

Error Messages

If an error condition occurs in the signal generator, it is reported to both the SCPI (remote interface) error queue and the front panel display error queue. These two queues are viewed and managed separately; for information on the front panel display error queue, refer to the User’s Guide.

NOTE For additional general information on troubleshooting problems with your connections, refer to the Help in the Agilent IO Libraries and documentation.

When accessing error messages using the SCPI (remote interface) error queue, the error numbers and the <error_description> portions of the error query response are displayed on the host terminal.

	Characteristic	SCPI Remote Interface Error Queue

	Capacity (#errors)	30

	Overflow Handling	Linear, first- in/first- out.
	Overflow Handling	Replaces newest error with: -350, Queue overflow
		Replaces newest error with: -350, Queue overflow

	Viewing Entriesa	Use SCPI query SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]?

	Clearing the Queueb	Power up
	Clearing the Queueb	Send a *CLS command
		Read last item in the queue

	Unresolved Errorsc	Re- reported after queue is cleared.

		When the queue is empty (every error in the queue has been read, or the queue is cleared), the
	No Errors	following message appears in the queue:
		+0, "No error"

a.On the Agilent MXG, using this SCPI command to read out the error messages clears the display of the ERR annunciator and the error message at the bottom of the screen.

b.On the Agilent MXG, executing the SCPI command *CLS clears the display of the ERR annunciator and the error message at the bottom of the screen.

c. Errors that still exist after clearing the error queue. For example, unlock.

Error Message File

A complete list of error messages is provided in the file errormessages.pdf, on the CD- ROM supplied with your instrument. In the error message list, an explanation is generally included with each error to further clarify its meaning. The error messages are listed numerically. In cases where there are multiple listings for the same error number, the messages are in alphabetical order.

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Agilent Technologies N5181A/82A, N5183A MXG, E8663B manual Error Messages, Error Message File

Models: N5183A N5183A MXG E8663B N5181A/82A

Characteristic

SCPI Remote Interface Error Queue

Error Message File

N5183A, N5183A MXG, E8663B, N5181A/82A specifications