Keysight 8163A/B, 8164A/B, 8166A/B Error Codes

22 codes from pages 370–417 of the manual

This is the list of error codes the Keysight manual gives for the 8163A/B, 8164A/B, 8166A/B Keysight 8163A/B, 8164A/B, 8166A/B. Find your code below and open it for what the manual says about its causes and what to do.

Error codes from p. 370

CodeWhat it meansPage
-185 Subop out of range p. 370
-200 Execution error (StatExecError) p. 370
+200 Please be patient - GPIB currently locked out p. 370
-205 Powermeter not running (StatMeterNotRunning) p. 370
-211 Trigger ignored p. 370
-212 Arm ignored p. 370
-213 Init ignored p. 370
-220 Parameter error (StatParmError) p. 370
-221 Settings conflict (StatParmInconsistent) p. 370
-222 Data out of range (StatParmTooLarge) p. 370
-223 Data questionable (StatValNyetAcc) p. 370
-231 Data questionable (StatRangeTooLow) p. 370
-261 Math error in expression (StatUnitCalculationError) p. 370
-284 Function currently running (StatModuleBusy) p. 370
-286 No function currently running p. 370
-290 Application currently running - no GPIB support p. 370
-300 Internal error p. 370
E10010 Invalid Caldata p. 415
E10012 Dual ported RAM write/read test failed p. 415
E10013 FPGA not correctly initialized p. 415
E10014 Firmware corrupt, checksum error (a,b) p. 415
E10063 Lambda Dac adj failed (a, b, c, d) p. 417

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