Keysight Technologies 3458A Guide D'utilisation page 241

Weighted
value
8192
16384
Remarks
– The auxiliary error register indicates hardware related errors. If one or more bits
– The AUXERR? command returns a 0 if no error bits are set.
– If any bit in the auxiliary error register is set, the multimeter sets bit 0
– Bits in the auxiliary error register cannot be masked to prevent them from
– Related commands: EMASK, ERR?, ERRSTR?, TEST
Example
10 OUTPUT 722;"AUXERR?" !READS THE AUXILIARY ERROR REGISTER
20 ENTER 722;A!ENTERS WEIGHTED SUM INTO VARIABLE A
30 PRINT A!PRINTS THE WEIGHTED SUM
40 END
As an example, assume the AUXERR? command returns the weighted sum 3072.
This means that the errors with weighted values of 1024 (ROM checksum,
low-order byte) and 2048 (ROM checksum, high-order byte) have occurred.
Keysight 3458A User's Guide
Bit
Description
number
13 Option RAM failure
14 Cal RAM write or protection failure
are set, the multimeter needs calibration or repair.
(hardware error) in the error register. Reading the auxiliary error register does
not clear bit 0 in the error register. You must read the error register (ERR?
command) to clear it.
setting bit 0 in the error register.
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