Agilent Technologies Agilent E5250A manual Numeric data error, Invalid character in number

Error Messages

Standard SCPI Error Messages

Error	Error Message and Description
Number
-120	Numeric data error
	An error was detected in a numeric parameter (including the
	non-decimal numeric types). This error message is reported when the
	E5250A cannot determine the more specific errors -121 through
	-128.
-121	Invalid character in number
	An invalid character for the parameter was received; for example, an
	alphacharacter was received when the parameter type was decimal
	numeric.
-123	Exponent too large
	The magnitude of the exponent for a numeric parameter was larger
	than 32000.
-124	Too many digits
	The mantissa of a decimal numeric parameter contained more than
	255 digits excluding leading zeros.
-128	Numeric data not allowed
	Numeric data is not allowed in this position for this command.
-138	Suffix not allowed
	A suffix was received after a numeric parameter. For the E5250A, no
	parameters have suffix.
-140	Character data error
	An error was detected in a character parameter. This error message is
	reported if the E5250A cannot determine the more specific errors
	-141 through -148.
-141	Invalid character data
	Either the character parameter contains an invalid character or the
	particular element received is not valid for the command.
-144	Character data too long
	The character parameter contains more than 12 characters.

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