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User Manual 1173.9411.02 ─ 19
In the MultiView tab, the progress bar indicates the status of the currently selected
measurement, not the measurement currently being performed by a Sequencer, for
example.
Date and time
The date and time settings of the instrument are displayed in the status bar.
Error messages
If errors or irregularities are detected, a keyword and an error message, if available,
are displayed in the status bar.
3.4.1.6
Error Information
If errors or irregularities are detected, a keyword and an error message, if available,
are displayed in the status bar.
Depending on the type of message, the status message is indicated in varying colors.
Table 3-7: Status bar information - color coding
Color
Type
Description
red
Fatal
A serious error occurred in the application; regular operation is no longer
possible.
red
Error
An error occurred during a measurement, e.g. due to missing data or wrong
settings, so that the measurement cannot be completed correctly.
orange
Warning
An irregular situation occurred during measurement, e.g. the settings no lon-
ger match the displayed results, or the connection to an external device was
interrupted temporarily.
gray
Information
Information on the status of individual processing steps.
gray
Message
An event or state has occurred that may lead to an error during further oper-
ation.
green
No errors
No messages displayed.
If any error information is available for a measurement channel, the icon is displayed
next to the channel name. This is particularly useful when the MultiView tab is dis-
played, as the status bar in the MultiView tab always displays the information for the
currently selected measurement only.
Furthermore, a status bit is set in the
STATus:QUEStionable:EXTended:INFO
reg-
ister for the application concerned (see
"STATus:QUEStionable:EXTended:INFO Reg-
on page 637). Messages of a specific type can be queried using the
SYST:ERR:EXT?
command, see
Operating the Instrument