1656 & 1657 Battery Element Tester Owner’s Manual
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8.4.6 SYSTEM Commands
System commands control general features and setting at the system level of the instrument.
SYSTem:VERSion?
Command Syntax: SYSTem:VERSion?
Purpose: Returns SCPI version in NR2 format YYYY.V where YYYY represents the
year and V represents an approved revision number or 0 if no revision
exists. Eg. <1999.0> SCPI standard revision.
Description: Only the query version of this command is supported.
Returns: <NR2> SCPI version.
SYSTem:SERialnumber?
Command Syntax: SYSTem:SERialnumber?
Purpose: Returns serial number of the instrument. The same information can be
obtained using the *IDN? Command but the SYST:SER? command only
returns the serial number.
Description: Only the query version of this command is supported.
Returns: <NR1> Serial number of the instrument.
SYSTem:ERRor?
Command Syntax: SYSTem:ERRor?
Purpose: Returns next available entry from error queue and removes it from the
queue. The error/event queue contains items that include a numerical
and textual description of the error or event. The
<Error/event_number> is a unique integer in the range [-32768, 32767].
All positive numbers are instrument-dependent. All negative numbers
are reserved by the SCPI standard with certain standard error/event
codes described in this document. The value, zero, is also reserved to
indicate that no error or event has occurred.
Description: Only the query version of this command is supported.
Returns: Error message.
Available Error messages are shown in the table below.
Error Message Description
100, "Test Failed"
Test performed returned FAIL result
If the number of measurements taken is 5 (MEAS:VOLT:AC? 5)
and reading #1 fails while readings 2, 3, 4 and 5 pass, the
tester will still report a FAIL result. This test failed flag is
latched until the message is read at which time it is cleared.
For the Auto-Line option, when performing a measurement
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