HP 86140A Execution errors

Status Listings

SCPI-Defined Errors

Execution errors

An <error/event number> in the range [–299 , –200] indicates that an error has been detected by the instrument’s execution control block. The occurrence of any error in this class shall cause the execution error bit (bit 4) in the event status register (IEEE 488.2, section 11.5.1) to be set.

One of the following events has occurred:

•A <PROGRAM DATA> element following a header was evaluated by the device as outside of its legal input range or is otherwise inconsistent with the device’s capabilities.

•A valid program message could not be properly executed due to some device condition.

Execution errors shall be reported by the device after rounding and expres- sion evaluation operations have taken place. Rounding a numeric data ele- ment, for example, shall not be reported as an execution error. Events that generate execution errors shall not generate Command Errors, device-specific errors, or Query Errors; see the other error definitions in this section.

Table 5-2. Execution Errors (1 of 3)

Error Number	Error Description [description/explanation/examples]
–200	desc = “Execution error”
	help = ““
	[This is the generic syntax error for devices that cannot detect more specific
	errors. This code indicates only that an Execution Error as defined in IEEE 488.2,
	11.5.1.1.5 has occurred.]
–213	desc = “INIT:IMM command ignored”
	help = “An initiate immediate remote command was received. The instrument
	was in continuous sweep mode when the command was received. The remote
	command is ignored unless the instrument is in single sweep mode. To select
	single sweep mode use the INIT:CONT OFF command.”
–221	desc = “Settings Conflict Error”
	help = “A request was made but the instrument settings resulting from the
	request are in conflict with each other.”
	[Indicates that a legal program data element was parsed but could not be
	executed due to the current device state (see IEEE 488.2, 6.4.5.3 and 11.5.1.1.5.)]

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