Status Listings

SCPI-Defined Errors

Table 5-1. Command Errors (2 of 4)

Error Number

Error Description [description/explanation/examples]

 

 

–108

desc = “Parameter not allowed”

 

help = ““

 

[More parameters were received than expected for the header; for example,

 

the *EMC common command only accepts one parameter, so receiving *EMC

 

0,1 is not allowed.]

–109

desc = “Missing parameter”

 

help = ““

 

[Fewer parameters were received than required for the header; for example,

 

the *EMC common command requires one parameter, so receiving *EMC is not

 

allowed.]

–112

desc = “Program mnemonic too long”

 

help = ““

 

[The header contains more that twelve characters (see IEEE 488.2, 7.6.1.4.1).]

–113

desc = “Undefined header”

 

help = ““

 

[The header is syntactically correct, but it is undefined for this specific device;

 

for example, *XYZ is not defined for any device.]

–120

desc = “Numeric Data Error”

 

help = “

 

[This error, as well as errors –121 through –129, are generated when parsing a

 

data element which appears to be numeric, including the non-decimal numeric

 

types. This particular error message should be used if the device cannot detect

 

a more specific error.]

–121

desc = “Invalid character in number”

 

help = ““

 

[An invalid character for the data type being parsed was encountered; for

 

example, an alpha in a decimal numeric or a “9” in octal data.]

–123

desc = “Exponent too large”

 

help = ““

 

[The magnitude of the exponent was larger than 32000 (see IEEE 488.2,

 

7.7.2.4.1).]

–124

desc = “Too many digits”

 

help = ““

 

[The mantissa of a decimal numeric data element contained more than

 

255 digits excluding leading zeros (see IEEE 488.2, 7.7.2.4.1).]

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