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ESG Family Signal Generators -199 to -100: Command Errors

-199 to -100: Command Errors

The instrument’s parser detected an IEEE 488.2 syntax error. Errors in this class set the command error bit (bit 5) in the event status register (IEEE 488.2, section 11.5.1). In this case:

•Either an IEEE 488.2 syntax error has been detected by the parser (a control-to-device message was received that is in violation of the IEEE 488.2 standard. Possible violations include a data element which violates device listening formats or whose type is unacceptable to the device.), or

•an unrecognized header was received. These include incorrect device-specific headers and incorrect or unimplemented IEEE 488.2 common commands.

-184	Macro parameter error
	A command inside the macro definition had the wrong number or type of
	parameters.
-183	Invalid inside macro definition
	The program message unit sequence, sent with a *DDT or a *DMC command,
	is syntactically invalid (see IEEE 488.2, 10.7.6.3).
-181	Invalid outside macro definition
	A macro parameter placeholder ($<number) was encountered outside of a
	macro definition.
-180	Macro error
	This error, as well as errors -181 through -189, are generated when
	defining a macro or executing a macro. This particular error message is
	used if the device cannot detect a more specific error.
-178	Expression data not allowed
	A legal expression data was encountered, but was not allowed by the
	device at this point in parsing.
-171	Invalid expression
	The expression data element was invalid (see IEEE 488.2, 7.7.7.2). For
	example, unmatched parentheses or an illegal character.

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