Section 6: SCPI command reference
Model 2450 Interactive SourceMeter® Instrument Reference Manual
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:SYSTem:COMMunication:LAN:MACaddress?
This command queries the LAN MAC address.
Type
Affected by
Where saved
Default value
Query
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Usage
:SYSTem:COMMunication:LAN:MACaddress?
Details
The MAC address is a character string representing the instrument's MAC address in hexadecimal notation. The
string includes colons that separate the address octets.
Example
SYSTem:COMMunication:LAN:MACaddress?
Returns the MAC address. For example, you
might see:
00:60:1A:00:00:57
Also see
:SYSTem:COMMunication:LAN:CONFigure
(on page 6-97)
:SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]?
This command reads the oldest error message from the event log.
Type
Affected by
Where saved
Default value
Query only
Not applicable
Not applicable
Not applicable
Usage
:SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]?
Details
As error and status messages occur, they are placed in the event log. The event log is a first-in, first-out (FIFO)
register that can hold up to 1000 messages.
This command returns the next entry from the event log.
If there are no entries in the event log, the following message is returned:
0,"No error;0,0,0"
This command returns only error messages from the event log. To return information and warning messages,
see
:SYSTem:EVENtlog:NEXT?
Note that if you have used
:SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]?
to check events,
:SYSTem:EVENtlog:NEXT?
shows the next event item after the last error that was returned by
:SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]?
You will not see warnings or information event log items that occurred before you
used
:SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]?
Example
SYST:ERR:NEXT?
Returns information on the next error in the event log. For example, if you
sent a command without a parameter, the return is:
-109,"Missing parameter;1,1367794863,384492889"
Also see
