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About Error Messages

Analyzer errors and Operating System errors are displayed and logged in an error file. You can choose how to display errors, or choose to not display errors at all.

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Error Display

By default, error messages appear on the screen for a brief period. You can choose to have them stay on the screen until you click an OK button, or have them not appear at all.  When they stay on the screen, a Help button is available to provide further assistance.

How to select the display of Error Messages

Using Hardkey/SoftTab/Softkey

  1. Press System > Help > Error Display....

 

Error Display dialog box help

On Preset, these settings revert to their defaults (enabled, timed popups).

Enable Messages  Check to display all error messages as they occur. Clear to suppress the display of error messages. You can still view them in the error log.

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Status bar Display  Displays error messages on the screen for a duration of time proportional to the length of the message. You can then view the message in the error log and get further assistance.

Confirmation Dialog boxes  Displays error messages in a standard dialog box. You then choose OK or Cancel to close the dialog box, or press Help to get further information on the error message.

View Error Log

The analyzer Error Log is a list of all events that have occurred. (Events are used in programming the analyzer using COM.) Analyzer errors are a subset of events. Only events with severity codes of ERROR are displayed on the screen as they occur. From the error log, you can access further help with an error by selecting the error and clicking Help.

How to view the Error Log

Using Hardkey/SoftTab/Softkey

  1. Press System > Help > View Error Log....

No programming commands

 

Error Log dialog box help

Network analyzer errors only  Select to view only analyzer errors. Clear to view all errors that occur on all applications of the computer.

Description  Error message that appears on the analyzer screen.

A - Event ID  Error message number

B - Date the Error occurred

C - Time the Error occurred

D - Severity Code - All events have one of the following severity codes:

  • SUCcess - the operation completed successfully

  • INFormational - events that occur without impact on the measurement integrity

  • WARning - events that occur with potential impact on measurement integrity

  • ERRor - events that occur with serious impact on measurement integrity

E - Application in which the error occurred.

OK  Closes the Dialog box

Help  Provides further information on the selected Error message

To clear the Error Log:

  1. From the System > Main menu click Minimize Application.

  2. On the desktop, select Start, Control Panel

  3. On the Control Panel, click Administrative Tools

  4. On the Administrative Tools window, click Event Viewer

  5. On the Event Viewer window, right-click Application

  6. Select Clear all Events

  7. If you want to save a file with the contents of the Event Log, click Yes. Otherwise, click No

To restore the VNA application, click on the VNA Analyzer taskbar button at the bottom of the screen.