Rigol DSA832 [202/241] Messages

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User’s Guide for DSA800/E Series

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Messages

Messages fall into three types on the basis of their purpose and severity:

Information Message, Error Message and Status Message. These messages can

help you to get accurate measurements and know the working status of the

analyzer.

1. Information Message

Inform you that the current task has been finished or the analyzer has entered

a specified state. Information messages are always marked with

. They are

displayed on the screen in message box for several seconds and then

disappear automatically. You can also press any key to clear the message.

Message number: 1 - 199.

2. Error Message

Warn you that the current operation cannot be executed and has been

ignored or paused for some reason. Error messages are always marked with

. They are displayed on the screen in message box for several seconds and

then disappear automatically. You can also press any key to clear the error

massage.

On the basis of the cause of the error, error messages are divided into

Command Error, Execution Error, Device Specific Error and Query Error. Each

kind of error corresponds to a specific bit in the Standard Event Status

the standard event status register, send the :SYSTem:ERRor? command to

get the specific error message and locate the cause of the error.

(1) Command Error:

Indicate a command error is detected by the parser while in remote control

(see IEEE488.2,6.1.6). Possible reasons are:

 The parser detects a syntax error (see IEEE488.2,7.1.2.2) ;

 An unrecognized header causes semantic error (see IEEE488.2,10) .

Message number: -199 to -100.