Error Message Fields - Keysight X-Series Manual

Overview of Instrument Messaging System

Error Message Fields

Error Message Fields

N O T E
The messages defined for Keysight's instruments extend those specified in
the
here differs from that used in the Standard, as shown in
Each Error message consists of three fields (Error Number, Error Message and
Error Description), as shown in the table below (Events of this type are listed in
"–221 Settings Conflict Errors" on page
The SCPI query
fields. For more details, see the description of the query in the instrument's
online help, or any
Additionally, most messages have an associated Verbose/Correction
Explanation, which is provided only in this document and is not displayed in
the instrument or returned via SCPI.
Table 1-1 Error Message Fields
Keysight Term
SCPI Standard Term
Example
For the example above, the Verbose/Correction Explanation is:
In this document, Event messages are listed in numerical order, according to
their message number, except for Advisory Event messages, which do not have
numbers and are listed in alphabetical order.
Condition messages are listed according to the number of their associated
Start Event.
As specified in Volume 2, Section 21.8 of the
Standard, messages with Error Numbers less than or equal to zero are
predefined. The definitions listed in this document for those messages
correspond to those in the Standard.
Instrument Messages
1999 SCPI Syntax & Style
:SYStem:ERRor:NEXT?
X-Series User's & Programmer's
Error Number Error Message
Error/event Number Error/event Description
–221 Settings conflict
You are using the mechanical attenuator, and have not enabled the
electronic attenuator. You cannot set the value of the electronic
attenuator because it automatically sets/changes when enabled.
Standard. As a result, the terminology used
48).
returns a string containing these three
Reference.
Error Description
Device-dependent info
Electronic attenuator is disabled
1999 SCPI Syntax & Style
Table 1-1 below.
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