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5.1  Response Syntax
The following table shows the types of responses for various commands described in the 
previous chapter.
The recorder returns a response (affirmative/negative response) to a command that is 
separated by a single terminator. The controller should follow the one command to one 
response format.
CommandFunction
See section 4.9.
See section 4.10.
Setting/Measurement
server
Maintenance/Test Server
Instrument Information server
Response
Command Type Affirmation Negation
Setting command
Basic setting command
Control command
Output
command
RS-422A/485 dedicated
Dedicated response
No response
Setup, measurement,
and computation data 
output
ASCII output
BINARY output
Affirmative
response
Single
negative
response
or
Multiple
negative
responses
Note
The “
CRLF
” used in this section denotes a terminator.
Affirmative Response
When the command is processed correctly, an affirmative response is returned.
•  Syntax
E0CRLF
•  Example
E0
Single Negative Response
When the command is not processed correctly, a single negative response is returned.
•  Syntax
E1_nnn_mmm···mCRLF
nnn
  Error number (001 to 999)
mmm···m
    Message (variable length, one line)
_
          Space
•  Example
E1 001 "System error"
Multiple Negative Responses
•  If there is an error in any one of the multiple commands that are separated by sub 
delimiters, multiple negative responses are returned.
•  The response is generated for each erroneous command.
•  If there are multiple commands that have errors, the negative 
responses are 
separated by commas.
•  The error position number is assigned to the series of commands in order starting with 
“1” assigned to the first command.
•  Syntax
E2_ee:nnnCRLF 
        (When there is only one error)
E2_ee:nnn,ee:nnn,···,ee:nnnCRLF
  (When there are multiple errors)
ee
       Error position (01 to 10)
nnn
      Error number (001 to 999)
_
        Space
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