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Remote Operation 
 
 
7.5 System Commands 
 
The following contains the SCPI system commands that the GPIB, RS-232 and 
USB control is compatible with. 
 
 
7.5.1 SYST:ERR? 
 
Syntax 
SYSTem:ERRor? 
 
Description 
Query the instrument’s error queue.  A record of up to N errors is stored in the 
instrument’s error queue.  Errors are retrieved in first-in first-out (FIFO) order.  
The first error returned is the first error that was stored.  Each additional error 
up to N is read by N subsequent queries (one for each error). For this 
instrument N=20.  The error queue has to be read until no more errors are 
returned, otherwise the error status is not cleared. 
 
Note: some of the listed error codes are here for backwards compatibility with 
legacy products and other are reserved for future applications. Not all error 
codes are applicable to this matrix. 
 
Result 
String with the following syntax: 
 
code, message 
 
code: Numeric value with the error code (0 if no error). 
 
Message: String with error message.