Error Message Elimination

When an error message is displayed, always perform the following procedure.

1.Press ISAVE] and SAVE STATE.

2.Store the current state in a convenient STATE register. (It may be necessary to set

SAVELOCK to OFF.)

3.Press ICAL) and REALIGN LO % IF . Wait for the sequence to finish.

4.Press (RECALL) and RECALL STATE.

5.Recall the previously stored STATE.

6.If an error message is still displayed, refer to the list of error messages below for an explanation of the error messages.

System Analyzer Programming Errors (100 to 150)

Refer to the HP 856OA/856lB/8563A Spectrum Analyzer Operating and Programming Manual for information on programming the analyzer.

100 NO PWRON Power-on state is invalid; default state is loaded. Press (SAVE),

PWR ON STATE to clear error message.

101 NO STATE State to be RECALLed not valid or not SAVEd.

106 ABORTED! Current operation is aborted; HP-IB parser reset.

107 HELLO ?? No HP-IB listener is present.

108 TIME OUT Analyzer timed out when acting as controller.

109 CtrlFail Analyzer unable to take control of the bus.

110.NOT CTRL Analyzer is not system controller.

111 # ARGMTS Command does not have enough arguments.

112 ??CMD?? Unrecognized command.

113 FREQ NO! Command cannot have frequency units.

114 TIME NO! Command cannot have time units.

115 AMPL NO! Command cannot have amplitude units.

116 ?UNITS?? Unrecognizable units.

117 NOP NUM Command cannot have numeric units.

118 NOP EP Enable parameter cannot be used.

119 NOP UPDN UP/DN are not valid arguments for this command.

120 NOP ONOF ON/OFF are not valid arguments for this command.

121 NOP ARG AUTO/MAN are not valid arguments for this command.

122 NOP TRC Trace registers are not valid for this command.

123 NOP ABLK A-block format not valid here.

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