GPIB Error Strings Error Codes
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Fifth Edition 259
Standard -109 "Missing parameter"
[Fewer parameters were recieved than required for the header]
Standard -112 "Program mnemonic too long"
[The header contains more than tw elve characters (see IEEE 488.2,
7.6.1.4.1).]
Standard -113 "Undefined header"
[The header is syntactic ally correct, but it is undefined fo r this specific de -
vice; for example, *XYZ is no t defined for any devic e.]
Standard -120 "Numeric data error"
[This error, as well as errors -121 thro ugh -129, are generat ed when pars-
ing a data element which appears to be numeric, including the nondecimal
numeric types. This error messa ge is used if the device c annot detec t a
more specific err or.]
Standard -121 "Invalid character in number"
[An invalid character for the data type being parsed was encountered; for
example, an alpha in a decima l numeric]
Standard -123 "Exponent too large"
[The magnitude of the exponent was larger than 32000 (s ee IEEE
488.2,7.7.2.4.1).]
Standard -124 "Too many digits"
[The manti ssa of a deci mal nu meric data el ement conta ined m ore tha n 255
digits excluding leading zeros (see I EEE 488.2, 7.7.2.4.1).]
Standard -128 "Numeric data not al lowed"
[A legal numeric data element was received, but the device does not ac-
cept one in this position for the header.]
Standard -131 "Invalid suffix"
[The suffix does not follow the syn tax described in IEEE 488.2, 7.7.3.2, or
thesuffix is inappro priate for thi s device.]
Standard -134 “Suffix too long”
[The suffix contained more than 12 characters (see IEEE 488.2, 7.7.3.4).]
Standard -138 “Suffix not allowed”
[A suffix was encountered after a numeric element which does not allow
suffixes.]
Standard -141 “Invalid character data”
[Either the character data element contains an invalid character or the par-
ticular element received is not valid for the header.]
Standard -148 “Character data not allowed”
[A legal character data element was encounte red where pr ohibited by th e
device.]
Table18 Overview for Supported Strings
New/Old/Standard
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