Troubleshooting Frontend Control
R&S
®
SMW-K553
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User Manual 1179.4240.02 ─ 02
5
Troubleshooting Frontend Control
If problems arise during external frontend control, try the following measures to opti-
mize the connection.
Error messages
If errors occur, status messages in the external frontend configuration dialog box and in
the status bar of the display inform you about them.
Query the error message queue using the remote command
SYST:ERR?
to determine
if any or which errors occurred during operation.
For details, see chapter "Troubleshooting and Error Messages" in the R&S
SMW user
manual.
If any errors occur that are not described here, contact the Rohde
&
Schwarz customer
support.
Table 5-1: Status and error messages
Status bar message
Dialog status
SYST:ERR? result
Description/Remedy
External Frontend [x]:
Connecting...
Connecting...
Connection to the external frontend is being estab-
lished.
It can take up to 10
seconds to determine that LAN
connection failed.
Connected
Connected
Connection established, ready for operation.
No External Frontend
Connected
Not connected
No external frontend detected.
Connect an external frontend to the R&S
SMW.
External Frontend [x]:
Invalid Host IP
Invalid Host IP
300, "Invalid Host
IP"
Verify the specified IP address of the external fron-
tend.
External Frontend [x]:
LAN Connection Failed
Not connected
301, "LAN Connection
Failed"
Verify if external frontend is connected to the same
network as the R&S
SMW.
Verify the specified IP address of the external fron-
tend.
Make sure that no other instrument is accessing
the external frontend at the moment.
External Frontend [x]:
Incompatible Signal
Generator Firmware
Incompatible Signal
Generator Firmware
302, "Incompatible
Signal Generator
Firmware"
The frontend hardware is not compatible with the
installed signal generator firmware.
Update the signal generator firmware, see the
R&S
SMW service manual.
External Frontend [x]:
Incompatible Frontend
Firmware
Incompatible Fron-
tend Firmware
303, "Incompatible
Frontend Firmware"
The firmware of the external frontend is not up to
date.
Perform a firmware update of the external frontend.
External Frontend [x]:
Device Locked
Device Locked
304, "Device Locked
"
External frontend is accessible via ping, but no
SSL-connection could be established.
Disconnect all other devices that are currently
accessing external frontend and try reconnecting.
