Operation and Features 2
System-Related Operations
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Error conditions
When the front- panel ERROR annunciator turns on, one or 
more command syntax or hardware errors have been 
detected. A record of up to 20 errors can be stored in the 
power supply’s error queue. Refer to 
Chapter  4, “Error 
Messages” for more information.
• Errors are retrieved in first- in- first- out (FIFO) order. The 
first error returned is the first error that was stored. 
When you have read all errors from the queue, the 
ERROR annunciator turns off. The power supply beeps 
once each time an error is generated.
• If more than 20 errors have occurred when you operate 
the power supply over the remote interface, the last error 
stored in the queue (the most recent error) is replaced 
with - 350, “Queue overflow”. No additional errors are 
stored until you remove errors from the queue. If no 
errors have occurred when you read the error queue, the 
power supply responds with +0, “No error” over the 
remote interface or NO ERRORS from the front panel.
• The error queue is cleared when power has been off or 
after a *CLS (clear status) command has been executed. 
The  *RST (reset) command does not clear the error 
queue.
Front panel operation
If the ERROR annunciator is on, press   repeatedly to 
read the errors stored in the queue. All errors are cleared 
when you read all errors.
ERROR -113
Remote interface operation
Errors have the following format (the error string may 
contain up to 80 characters).
- 113, “Undefined header”
SYST:ERR? Reads an error from the error queue