Status Listings

SCPI-Defined Errors

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

Error Number

Error Description [description/explanation/examples]

 

 

–161

desc = “Invalid block data”

 

help = ““

 

[A block data element was expected, but was invalid for some reason (see IEEE

 

488.2, 7.7.6.2); for example, an END message was received before the length

 

was satisfied.]

–168

desc = “Block data not allowed”

 

help = ““

 

[A legal block data element was encountered but was not allowed by the

 

device at this point in parsing.]

–170

desc = “Expression error”

 

help = ““

 

[This error, as well as errors –171 through –179, are generated when parsing

 

an expression data element. This particular error message should be used if the

 

device cannot detect a more specific error.]

–171

desc = “Invalid expression”

 

help = ““

 

[The expression data element was invalid (see IEEE 488.2, 7.7.7.2); for example,

 

unmatched parentheses or an illegal character.]

–178

desc = “Expression data not allowed”

 

help = ““

 

[A legal expression data was encountered but was not allowed by the device at

 

this point in parsing.]

–181

desc = “Invalid outside macro definition”

 

help = ““

 

[Indicates that a macro parameter placeholder ($<number) was encountered

 

outside of a macro definition.]

–183

desc = “Invalid inside macro definition”

 

help = ““

 

Indicates that the program message unit sequence, sent with a *DDT or *DMC

 

command, is syntactically invalid (see IEEE 488.2, 10.7.6.3).]

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