Agilent Technologies HP 83711A - Error Messages List

Error
Messages List
The
list of
error messages
in
this
chapter
lists
all
of
the
error
messages
associated
with synthesizer
operation. An
example
of
the
error
format
found
in
the list
of error
messages is
as
follows:
2003
0 222,"Data
out
of
range;CW
FREQ(2003)"
Select
aCW
frequency
that
is
within
range
of
the
installed
options
.
If
other
modules
or
options
are
installed
that
extend
the
CW
frequency
range
of
the
signal
generator
,
this
frequency
range
will
be
extended
also
.
The
following
explains
each
element of
an error
message
listing.

Manual
Error
Number
0 The
number 2003
to
the
left
and
in
the
parenthesis
is
called
the
Manual
Error
Number.
The
error
message
list
is
organized
in
ascending
order
o
the
manual
error
number
.
The
manual
error
number
will
always
be
found
in
the
parenthesis
contained
in
the
message.
 Error
Message
0
The
bold
text
0
222,
\
Data
out
of
range;CW
FREQ(2003) "
is the
error
message
.
When
the
4
MSG
5 key
is pressed,
the
error
message
is
displayed
in
the
left-most
display
.
The
entire
message
is
returned
by
the
HP-IB
query
\SY
ST
em:ERRor?".
The
error
message
contains
the
following
parts:
SCPI
Error
Number
0
The
standard
SCPI
error
number
(
0
222
in
the
example)
usually
diers
from
the
manual
error
number
because
the
manual
error
number
is
unique
for
every
possible
message
.
Standard
SCPI
error
numbers
are
always
negative
(except
for
0,
\No error").
If
there
is
no
standard
SCPI
error
number
for a
message,
the manual
error
number
replaces
it
in
the
error
message
.
SCPI Error Message
0 The SCPI error message is
Data out of range
in
the
example.
Detailed Description 0 All information after the semicolon is a detailed
description of what exactly caused the error
. In the example
, CW FREQ
tells you that CW frequency was out of range
.Ifno
detailed description
exists, it will be omitted from the message
.
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