
Remote Commands in the Receiver Application
R&S
®
ESW
670
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Return values:
<Messages>
String containing all messages of the selected type for the speci-
fied channel. Each message is separated by a comma and
inserted in parentheses. If no messages are available, empty
parentheses are returned.
Example:
SYST:ERR:EXT? ALL
Returns all messages for the currently active application, e.g.
"Message 1","Message 2"
.
Example:
SYST:ERR:EXT? FAT,'Spectrum2'
Queries fatal errors in the 'Spectrum2' application. If none have
occurred, the result is:
"
"
.
Usage:
Query only
SYSTem:ERRor:LIST?
[<MessType>]
This command queries the error messages that occur during R&S
ESW operation.
Query parameters:
<MessType>
SMSG | REMote
SMSG
(default) Queries the system messages which occurred during
manual operation.
REMote
Queries the error messages that occurred during remote opera-
tion.
Note: The remote error list is automatically cleared when the
R&S
ESW is shut down.
Return values:
<SystemMessages> String containing all messages in the "System Messages" table.
<RemoteErrors>
<Error_no> | <Description> | <Command> | <Date> | <Time>
Comma-separated list of errors from the "Remote Errors" table,
where:
<Error_no>
: device-specific error code
<Description>
: brief description of the error
<Command>
: remote command causing the error
<Date>|<Time>
: date and time the error occurred
Usage:
Query only
SYSTem:ERRor[:NEXT]?
This command queries the most recent error queue entry and deletes it.
Positive error numbers indicate device-specific errors, negative error numbers are error
messages defined by SCPI. If the error queue is empty, the error number 0, "No error",
is returned.
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