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Boonton Electronics Chapter 4
4530 Series RF Power Meter Remote Operation
4.9 ERROR AND STATUS CODES.
The following table shows codes that will be returned in response to any command that is unrecognized, invalid, or
not applicable in the current state. A list of these errors may be read in the sequence they occurred using the SCPI
command
SYSTem:ERRor . This command will report each error by code and a short, quoted text description. An
error code of zero corresponds to “No Error”.
Table 4-2. Remote Interface Error Codes
E-100 User sent a command which was not recognized.
E-101 User sent a command that included a sub-command field, where none was expected.
E-103 User sent a command that did not include a sub-command field, where one was expected.
E-108 User included arguments, however none were expected.
E-109 Argument expected, but not found.
E-121 Arguments were present, but wrong type (such as alpha-text present where only numerical data
is expected).
E-140 Remote command string from host overflowed instrument’s input buffer.
E-200 Cannot select channel 2 on a single channel instrument.
E-213 Cannot set INITiate:IMMediate (start a single measurement) while INITiate:CONTinuous is set
to ON (free-run mode).
E-214 Cannot perform read command while trigger source is set to bus.
E-221 Attempting to set a parameter or talkmode while in the wrong measurement mode (such as
setting a statistical talkmode while in peak-continuous mode, or setting the marker in percent
while in peak-pulse mode, or using a Boonton language command in an SCPI-only mode).
E-222 Numeric argument out of range.
E-224 Text argument does not match a valid list entry.
E-230 Fetch command performed and no valid data available.
E-340 Error during sensor calibration. Check connections.
Table 4-3. Measurement Result Status Codes
-1 Measurement is STOPPED. Value returned may be “stale data”.
0 Error return. Measurement is not valid.
1 Normal return - no error. Measurement is valid.
2 An Over-range or Under-range condition exists.