Agilent Technologies 3458A User Manual

Chapter 6 Command Reference 161
AUXERR?
Power-on control = ON.
Default control = ON.
Remarks • With autorange enabled, the multimeter samples the input signal before each
reading and selects the appropriate range.
• Refer to the FUNC or RANGE command for a listing of the ranges for each
measurement function.
• Autorange does not operate for direct- or sub-sampled measurements (DSAC,
DSDC, SSAC, or SSDC command) or when using the TIMER sample event or
the SWEEP command.
• Query Command The ARANGE? query command returns a response
indicating the present autorange mode. Refer to "Query Commands" near the
front of this chapter for more information.
• Related Commands: FUNC, RANGE
Example OUTPUT 722;"ARANGE OFF" !DISABLES AUTORANGE
AUXERR?
Auxiliary Error. When a hardware error is detected. the multimeter sets a bit in
the auxiliary error register. The AUXERR? command returns a number
representing the decimal-weighted sum of all set bits.The register is then cleared.
Syntax AUXERR?
Auxiliary Error
Conditions
The auxiliary error conditions and their weighted values are:
control
Parameter
Numeric
Query
Equiv. Description
OFF 0 Disables autorange algorithm
ON 1 Enables autorange algorithm
ONCE 2 Causes the multimeter to autorange once, then
disables autoranging
Weighte
d Value
Bit
Number Description
1 0 Slave processor not responding
2 1 DTACK failure
4 2 Slave processor self-test failure
8 3 Isolator test failure

Agilent Technologies 3458A Specifications

General

Brand	Agilent Technologies
Model	3458A
Category	Multimeter
Language	English