GPIB Error Strings

 

Error Codes

Table 18 Overview for Supported Strings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Error

 

 

 

 

 

 

New/Old/Standard

Number

String

 

 

 

 

 

New

-305

"Internal messaging error (StatCmdError)"

 

 

 

"Internal messaging error (StatCmdNotAllowed)"

 

 

 

"Internal messaging error (StatWrongLength)"

 

 

 

"Internal messaging error (StatWrongReceiver)"

 

 

 

"Internal messaging error (StatBufAllocError)"

 

 

 

"Internal messaging error (StatDPRamFull)"; }

 

 

 

"Internal messaging error (StatSemError)"

 

 

 

Description:

 

 

 

An error has occured in the instrument communication system. Please re-

 

 

 

port this error with a description of the circumstances that generated the

 

 

 

error and the configuration of the system.

 

New

-306

"Channel doesn't support this command (StatCmdUnknownForSlave)"

 

 

 

Description:

 

 

 

Slave channels have limited functionality. The module supports this com-

 

 

 

mand, but the command must be sent to the master channel.

 

New

-307

"Channel without head connection (StatHeadless)"

 

 

 

Description:

 

 

 

The channel supports this command, but it cannot be executed because

 

 

 

the optical measurement head is not plugged into the interface module.

 

Standard

-310

“System error”

 

 

 

[Indicates that some error, termed “system error” by the device, has oc-

 

 

 

curred. This code is device-dependent.]

 

Standard

-321

“Out of memory”

 

 

 

[An internal operation needed more memory than was available.]

 

New

-322

"Flash programming error (StatFlashEraseFailed)"

 

 

 

"Flash programming error (StatFlashWriteFailed)"

 

 

 

"Flash programming error (StatFlashDataCntError)"

 

 

 

"Flash programming error (StatFlashDPAlgoFailed)"

 

 

 

Description:

 

 

 

An error has occured in a module. Please report this error with a descrip-

 

 

 

tion of the circumstances that generated the error and the configuration of

 

 

 

the system.

 

 

 

 

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