User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Agilent E3632A DC Power Supply
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Getting Started
- 2 Operation and Features
- Overview
- Constant Voltage Operation
- Constant Current Operation
- Storing and Recalling Operating States
- Programming the Overvoltage Protection
- Programming the Overcurrent Protection
- Remote Voltage Sensing
- Disabling the Output
- System-Related Operations
- Remote Interface Configuration
- GPIB Interface Configuration
- RS-232 Interface Configuration
- Calibration
- 3 Remote Interface Reference
- SCPI Command Summary
- Introduction to the SCPI Language
- Simplified Programming Overview
- Using the APPLy Command
- Output Settings and Operation Commands
- Triggering Commands
- System-Related Commands
- Calibration Commands
- RS-232 Interface Commands
- SCPI Status Registers
- What is an event register?
- What is an enable register?
- SCPI status system
- The Questionable Status register
- The Standard Event register
- The Status Byte register
- Using Service Request (SRQ) and Serial POLL
- Using *STB? to read the Status Byte
- Using the Message Available Bit (MAV)
- To interrupt your bus controller using SRQ
- To determine when a command sequence is completed
- Using *OPC to signal when data is in the output buffer
- Status Reporting Commands
- Halting an Output in Progress
- SCPI Conformance Information
- IEEE-488 Conformance Information
- 4 Error Messages
- 5 Application Programs
- 6 Tutorial
- 7 Characteristics and Specifications

Error Messages 4
Execution Error Messages
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-221 Settings conflict
Indicates that a legal program data element was parsed but could not be executed due to the current
device state.
-222 Data out of range
A numeric parameter value is outside the valid range for the command.
Example: TRIG:DEL -3
-223 Too much data
A character string was received but could not be executed because the string length was more than 40
characters. This error can be generated by the CALibration:STRing command.
-224 Illegal parameter value
A discrete parameter was received which was not a valid choice for the command. You may have used
an invalid parameter choice.
Example: DISP:STAT XYZ (XYZ is not a valid choice.)
-330 Self-test failed
The power supply’s complete self-test failed from the remote interface (*TST? command). In addition
to this error, more specific self-test errors are also reported. See also “Self-Test Error Messages” on
page 135.
-350 Queue overflow
The error queue is full because more than 20 errors have occurred. No additional errors are stored until
you remove errors from the queue. The error queue is cleared when power has been turned off, or after
a *CLS (clear status) command has been executed.
-410 Query INTERRUPTED
A command was received which sends data to the output buffer, but the output buffer contained data
from a previous command (the previous data is not overwritten). The output buffer is cleared when
power has been turned off, or after a *RST (reset) command has been executed.
-420 Query UNTERMINATED
The power supply was addressed to talk (i.e., to send data over the interface) but a command has not
been received which sends data to the output buffer. For example, you may have executed an APPLy
command (which does not generate data) and then attempted an ENTER statement to read data from
the remote interface.
-430 Query DEADLOCKED
A command was received which generates too much data to fit in the output buffer and the input buffer
is also full. Command execution continues but all data is lost.
Table 4 - 1 Execution error messages (continued)