2 User Interface
2.15 Status Bar
The fields on the History display are:
Type Displays the icon identifying the event or condition as an error or warning
ID Displays the error number
Message Displays the message text
Repeat (RPT) This field shows the number of consecutive instances of the event, uninterrupted by
other events. In other words, if an event occurs 5 times with no other intervening
event, the value of repeat will be 5
If the value of Repeat is 1 the field does not display. If the value of Repeat is >1, the
time and date shown are those of the most recent occurrence. If the value of repeat
reaches 999,999 it stops there. The Repeat field can run into some pretty large
numbers when apps (like the GSM app) report things like “GSM sync burst not
found” as events rather than conditions, which is actually fairly common
Note that the repeat count is unavailable over SCPI
Time Shows the most recent time (including the date) at which the event occurred. Time is
displayed to the second
To understand the History dialog, and to properly program the instrument’s
messaging system, remember that there are two types of occurrences, events and
conditions:
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An event is an occurrence of zero duration. Events generate messages which are
displayed in the center of the display for a period of time and then fade away.
These may be of an advisory nature or may represent errors, for example “No
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