GPIB/RS232 Operation Description (IEEE-488.2)
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5.5 Error Messages
No error messages in the queue
The command contains an invalid character
The command contains an invalid separator
Parameter is invalid and cannot be measured
Test cannot be performed without missing parameter
Program mnemonic too
long
The header contains more than 12 characters
Header suffix out of range
Value of numeric suffix is out of range
Numeric parameter is invalid
Input character is invalid
Incomplete string of data (i.e. missing double “ ”
marks)
Incomplete parameter data (i.e. missing right
parenthesis)
Invalid command; device does not receive this
command
Device is busy and cannot receive command
Parameter value is out of range
Received string is too long, device can’t execute
Main memory is full, data cannot be stored
Referenced name does
not exist
Referenced name not found in main memory
Referenced name already
exists
Memory already contains a file labeled ‘referenced
name’
More than 30 messages in error queue
Program message contains parity error
End character not received in time, device timed out
Input buffer is out of range
Output buffer is out of range
No read command following a query command
No data in queue and device requested to read
queue
The Error Log contains messages that apply to the operation of the instrument with an
RS-232 or GPIB (IEEE-488) Interface installed. Refer to the list of these error messages
below. When there is an error in the queue, the ERROR LED in the lower right-hand corner
of the display will be illuminated. To access the ERROR LOG, press the [MENU] function
key at the top left hand corner of the keypad and press the numeric key [7].
Error messages for the instrument are saved in the queue and are accessed by the FIFO
method. The first error message is the first saved. When the messages in the queue reach
31, the message in the last position will display “-350, Queue Overflow”.
Reading a message from the Error Log deletes the error message from the queue.