Agilent Technologies HP 83711A, User Manual

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P erforming Fundamental Synthesizer Operations
T o Read the Contents of the Error Queue
Programming Example
T o read the entire contents of the error queue , run the following program:
10 DIM B$[160] Dimensions array B$ to accept 160 characters .
20 OUTPUT 719; "SYST:ERR?" Queries the oldest uncleared error number and
message in the HP-IB error queue .
30 ENTER 719; A,B$ Enters the error number into variable A and the
HP-IB error message into variable B$.
40 PRINT A,B$ Prints the error number and HP-IB error mes-
sage to the controller screen.
50 IF A<>0 THEN 20 R eturns to line 20 if there are more errors in the
queue .
60 END
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