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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.
4.4.1.6 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 4-6: Status bar information - color coding
Color Type Description
Red Error An error occurred at the start or during a measurement, e.g. due to missing
data or wrong settings, so that the measurement cannot be started or com-
pleted 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.
No color No errors No message displayed - normal operation.
Green Measurement
successful
Some applications visualize that the measurement was successful by show-
ing a message.
If any error information is available for a channel setup, an exclamation mark is dis-
played next to the channel setup name ( ). This is particularly useful when the Multi-
View tab is displayed, as the status bar in the MultiView tab always displays the infor-
mation for the currently selected channel setup 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-
ister" on page 191). Messages of a specific type can be queried using the
SYST:ERR:EXT? command, see SYSTem:ERRor:EXTended? on page 837.
The following keywords are used:
Operating the Instrument