SICS-742 spin flipper is instructed to power up but doesn't reach the target current.

site_ansto/instrument/reflectometer/config/beamline/sct_RFGen.tcl

@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ proc ::scobj::rfgen::set_frequency {basePath} {
 ##
 # @brief Request a state report from the RF generator
 proc ::scobj::rfgen::rqStatFunc {} {
+  if { [hpropexists [sct] geterror] } {
+    hdelprop [sct] geterror
+  }
   sct send "L:[sct address]"
   return rdState
 }
@@ -167,7 +170,6 @@ proc ::scobj::rfgen::rdStatFunc {} {
   set statStr [sct result]
   if {[string match "ASCERR:*" $statStr]} {
     sct geterror $statStr
-    sct ramping $RAMPIDLE
     return stateChange
   }
   set statList [split $statStr "|="]
@@ -402,6 +404,8 @@ proc ::scobj::rfgen::mkRFGen {argList} {
   if {[SplitReply [rfgen_simulation]] == "false"} {
   set SCT_RFGEN sct_rfgen_$pa(NAME)
   makesctcontroller $SCT_RFGEN rfamp $pa(IP):$pa(PORT)
+  # The RFGen has been observed to fail to respond within the default timeout of 2 sec 
+  $SCT_RFGEN timeout 5
   hsetprop /sics/$pa(NAME) contname $SCT_RFGEN
 # mkStatArr stateArr [split [$SCT_RFGEN transact "L:$pa(ADDRESS)"] "|="]