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Remote Programing
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SYSTem:DATE (Command/Query)
The SYST:DATE <NR1>,<NR1>,<NR1> command sets the date of the instrument.
The possible values are:
0 to 9999 for the year range (1st range).
1 to 12 for the month range (2nd range).
1 to 31 for the day range (3rd range).
To the question SYST:DATE?, the instrument returns the date.
Response format: < YYYY,MM,DD ><NL>
with Y = year, M = month, D = day.
SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]? (Query)
To the question SYST:ERR?, the instrument returns the number of error positioned at the top
of the queue. The queue has a stack of 20 numbers and is managed as follows :
first in, first out.
As the SYST:ERR? questions arrive, the instrument returns the number of errors in order of
arrival, until the queue is empty. Every more SYST:ERR? question involves a negative answer:
character "0" (ASCII 48code). If the queue is full, the case at the top of the queue takes the
value -350 (saturated queue).
The queue is empty:
- when the instrument is getting started.
- at the receipt of a *CLS.
- at the reading of the last error.
Response format: <error><NL>
with error = negative or 0, no error.
* Command error:
(-199 to -100)
They indicate that a syntax error has been detected by the syntax analyzer and causes event
register bit 5, called CME, CoMmand Error to be set to 1.
-101 : Invalid character
-103 : Invalid separator
-104 : Data type error
-108 : Parameter not allowed
-109 : Missing parameter
-111 : Header separator error
-112 : Program mnemonic too long
-113 : Undefined header
-114 : Header suffix out of range
-121 : Invalid character in number
-128 : Numeric data not allowed
-131 : Invalid suffix
-138 : Suffix not allowed
-141 : Invalid character data
-148 : Character data not allowed
-151 : Invalid string data
-154 : String data too long
-171 : Invalid expression
* Execution errors:
(-299 to -200)
They indicate that an error has been detected at the moment of command execution and
causes event register bit 4, called EXE, Execution Error, to be set to 1.
-200 : Execution error
-213 : Init ignored
-221 : Sandtings conflict
-222 : Data out of range
-232 : Invalid format
-256 : File name not found
-257 : File name error