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Error Commands
C–32 WFM 601A, WFM 601E & WFM 601M User Manual
The error messages displayed consist of three parts:
An ALLEV response number
A description of the error type
A record of the command string in which the error was detected
The description of the error type and the record of the command string are
enclosed in quotes. Multiple error messages are separated by a comma and an
ALLEV response number.
ALLEV?
None
Table C–9: Typical ALLEV? responses to detected system errors.
ALLEV? report Remarks
:ALLEV 0,”No events to report –
queue empty” No errors to report in the error message buffer.
:ALLEV 100,”Command error;
command not allowed – vc:differ-
ence 1000”
This error message is typical of invalid commands or
arguments; for instance, a misspelled or disallowed
command.
:ALLEV 102,”Syntax error; invalid
character data – arrow:limit:ntsc
ire_133\0A”
This error message is typical of invalid arguments.
:ALLEV 103,”Invalid separator; illegal
use of alias – disp:pixb
298990–909009\0A
This error message is typical of invalid characters in the
argument of a command.
:ALLEV 104,”Data type error; invalid
character data – n:ltng:var:vert:value
ON\0A”
This message is typical of invalid data types in the
argument of a command; for instance, ASCII characters
where an integer value is expected.
:ALLEV 113,”Undefined header;
unrecognized command –
gain:vec:var:horz:”
This message is typical of incorrect command strings;
for instance commands sent without an argument.
gain:ltng:var:vert:value ON (this is an invalid command)
esr?
:ESR 32
allev?
:ALLEV 104,”Data type error; invalid character data–n:var:vert:value ON\0A”
See Table C–9 for additional examples.
Syntax
Arguments
Examples
Returns