Reading Error Messages; Error Message Format - Agilent Technologies X Series User Manual

Reading Error Messages

If an error condition occurs, the signal generator reports it to both the front panel display error
queue and the SCPI (remote interface) error queue. These two queues are viewed and managed
separately; for information on the SCPI error queue, refer to the Programming Guide.
Characteristic
Capacity (#errors) 30
Overflow Handling Drops the oldest error as each new error comes in.
Press: Error > View Next (or Previous) Error Page
Viewing Entries
Clearing the Queue Press: Error > Clear Error Queue(s)
a
Re–reported after queue is cleared.
Unresolved Errors
When the queue is empty (every error in the queue has been read, or the queue is cleared), the
No Errors following message appears in the queue:
No Error Message(s) in Queue
a
Errors that must be resolved. For example, unlock.

Error Message Format

Error messages appear in the lower left corner
of the display as they occur.
Agilent X-Series Signal Generators User's Guide
Front Panel Display Error Queue
0 of
Error Number
Error Message
−222
Data out of range;
Indicates that the user has entered a deviation, depth, or internal
source frequency that is beyond the specific limits
Explanation is provided in the Error Message file (see
The annunciator indicates an unviewed message.
0
(May be truncated on the
value clipped to lower limit.
(This is not displayed on the instrument)
new indicates a message generated
since messages were last viewed.
Message number and longer description
Basic Operation
Reading Error Messages
Error Description
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