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88 Digitizer Command Reference
TEST
The TEST command subsystem allows you to run a particular self-test and returns
information about self-test errors and results from the
*TST?
command.
Subsystem Syntax
TEST
:ERRor? < test_number >
:NUMBer? < test_number >,< cycles >
:TST[:RESults]?
:ERRor?
TEST:ERRor? <test_number> returns a binary coded decimal (BCD) number and
a string giving details about the error associated with the test number returned by the
*TST? command or the array of errors returned by the TEST:TST[:RESults]?
command. The string returns parameters of the test such as span, min, max and
standard deviation. See the “Self-Test Error Definitions” section for details.
Parameter
Comments
•
The *TST? command returns only the first test that failed. Use the
TEST:TST[:RESults]? command to obtain the complete list of all
failures resulting from a *TST? command.
•
The response may indicate, in detail, what caused the self-test error.
•
See Appendix C, Error Messages, for retrieving information on self-test errors.
:NUMBer?
TEST:NUMBer? <test_number>,<cycles> allows you to cycle through a
particular self-test a specified number of times instead of running the entire suite of
self-tests as is performed with the
*TST? command. This command is a query and
returns the number of times the specified test failed out of the specified number of
times the test was cycled. For example, send the command TEST:NUMB? 2,5 to
cycle through test number “2” five times. A “5” is returned if all five test cycles fail.
Parameter
Name
Parameter
Type
Range of
Values
Default
Units
test_number
numeric 1 through 94 None