HP 8560A

Error Message Elimination
When an error message is displayed, always perform the following procedure.
1. Press ISAVE] and SAVE STATE.
2. Store the current state in a convenient STATE register. (It may be necessary to set
SAVELOCK to OFF.)
3. Press ICAL) and REALIGN LO % IF . Wait for the sequence to finish.
4. Press (RECALL) and RECALL STATE.
5. Recall the previously stored STATE.
6. If an error message is still displayed, refer to the list of error messages below for an
explanation of the error messages.
System Analyzer Programming Errors (100 to 150)
Refer to the HP 856OA/856lB/8563A Spectrum Analyzer Operating and Programming Manual
for information on programming the analyzer.
100 NO PWRON
Power-on state is invalid; default state is loaded. Press (SAVE),
PWR ON STATE to clear error message.
101 NO STATE
106 ABORTED!
107 HELLO ??
108 TIME OUT
109 CtrlFail
110. NOT CTRL
111 # ARGMTS
112 ??CMD??
113 FREQ NO!
114 TIME NO!
115 AMPL NO!
116 ?UNITS??
117 NOP NUM
118 NOP EP
119 NOP UPDN
120 NOP ONOF
121 NOP ARG
122 NOP TRC
123 NOP ABLK
State to be RECALLed not valid or not SAVEd.
Current operation is aborted; HP-IB parser reset.
No HP-IB listener is present.
Analyzer timed out when acting as controller.
Analyzer unable to take control of the bus.
Analyzer is not system controller.
Command does not have enough arguments.
Unrecognized command.
Command cannot have frequency units.
Command cannot have time units.
Command cannot have amplitude units.
Unrecognizable units.
Command cannot have numeric units.
Enable parameter cannot be used.
UP/DN are not valid arguments for this command.
ON/OFF are not valid arguments for this command.
AUTO/MAN are not valid arguments for this command.
Trace registers are not valid for this command.
A-block format not valid here.
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