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Appendix B: Error and Status Messages Series 2600 System SourceMeter® Instruments Reference Manual
Introduction
This appendix includes information on Keithley Instruments Series 2600 System SourceMeter
®
error levels, how to read errors, and a complete listing of error messages.
Error summary
Error messages are listed in Table B-2. Error levels are listed below:
• NO_SEVERITY: informational status message only
• INFORMATIONAL: informational status message only
• RECOVERABLE: error not serious, can be recovered
• SERIOUS: error serious, but unit still operational by correcting error
• FATAL: unit non-operational
Error effects on scripts
Most errors will not abort a running script. The only time a script is aborted is when a Lua run-time
error (error number -286) is detected. Run-time errors are caused by actions such as trying to
index into a variable that is not a table. Syntax errors (error number -285) in a script/command will
not technically abort the script, but it will prevent the script/command from being executed in the
first place.
Reading errors
When errors occur, the error messages will be placed in the error queue (see "Queues" in
Appendix D ). Table B-1 lists commands associated with the error queue (see Section 12 for more
information). For example, the following commands request the next complete error information
from the error queue and return the message portion of the error:
errorcode, message, severity, node = errorqueue.next()
print(message)
Table B-1
Error queue commands
Error queue command Description
errorqueue.clear() Clear error queue of all errors.
errorqueue.count Number of messages in the error/event queue.
errorqueue.next() Request error message.
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