Overview Of Instrument Messaging System; A-Series And B-Series Differences; Message Types - Keysight X-Series Manual

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Overview of Instrument Messaging System

The Error and Status messaging system of the instrument reports events and
conditions in a consistent fashion, as well as logging and reporting event
history.
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A-Series and B-Series Differences

This guide now covers both "A-Series" and "B-Series" instruments:
- A-Series instruments have part numbers ending in A (for example, N9020A)
- B-Series instruments have part numbers ending in B (for example, N9040B)
The set of messages and the underlying messaging system are common to
both A and B-Series. However, the method of displaying messages, and the
controls that you can use to interact with the messaging system, differ
between A and B-Series. Differences are highlighted below where necessary.

Message Types

Messages may be Events or Conditions:
- An Event is simply a message indicating that something has happened.
"A-Series and B-Series Differences" on page 24
"Message Types" on page 24
"Event and Condition Categories" on page 26
"Error Message Fields" on page 29
"Event Queues & Displays" on page 30
"Message Display & Controls" on page 32
Events are divided according to their severity, into Error, Warning or
Advisory categories. These are described in more detail in
Categories" on page 27.
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