2500A Series Operation Manual, 34172 Revision C, March 2008
Error Messages
This appendix lists error and other messages that might be encountered during operation of the instru-
ment. In some cases, encountered errors will be can be remedied by the user, while in other cases, you
might need to contact Giga-tronics support. This appendix consists of the following sections:
• “Start-Up Error Messages” - This section lists the messages that might be encountered during the
instrument’s power-up sequence.
• “NVRAM Messages” - This section lists messages that might be encountered if the system detects
problems with internal non-volatile memory (NVRAM).
• “Remote Error Messages” - This section lists the messages that might be encountered during remote
operation of the instrument.
B.1 Start-Up Error Messages
If the system encounters any problems during the start-up sequence, a message is displayed after start-up
is complete. Typically, you should contact Giga-tronics customer support if any start-up error messages
are encountered. The message that is displayed has the following format:
Error code: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Startup Failure, see manual
Where xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is a 20-digit binary number representing the errors that have occurred. The
rightmost digit corresponds to Error #1 in Table B-1, below, and the leftmost digit corresponds to Error
#20. A “1” in a particular bit position indicates an error. For example, the following message displayed
after start-up:
Error code: 00000000000000000111
Startup Failure, see manual
Indicates that Error #1, 2, and 3 shown in Table B-1 have been detected.
1 TIMEBASE_SET_ERROR
2 NVRAM_BATT_FAIL
3 CPU_FPGA_LOAD_FAIL
B
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