Error Messages

Command Error List

Command Error List

An error in the range [-199, -100] indicates that an IEEE 488.2 syntax error has been detected by the instrument’s parser. The occurrence of any error in this class causes the command error bit (bit 5) in the Event Status Register to be set.

Table C.1Command Error List

Errorcode Error Message Description

-100 Command error

This is the generic syntax error.

-105 GET not allowed

A Group Execute Trigger was received within a program message.

-114 Header suffix out of range

The value of a numeric suffix attached to a program mnemonic is out of range. May refer to multichannel addressing, auto sequence number or auto sequence step number.

-120 Numeric data error

This error is generated when parsing a data element which appears to be numeric, including the non-decimal numeric types.

-123 Exponent too large

The magnitude of the exponent was larger than 32000.

-151 Invalid string data

The data with the enclosed (“) double apostrophes (string) is invalid. Possibility of wrong length or character.

Execution Error List

An error 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 the class causes the execution error bit (bit 4) in the Event Status Register to be set.

Execution errors are reported by the device after rounding and expression evaluation operations have taken place.

Table C.2 Execution Error List

Errorcode Error Message Description

-200 Execution error

This is the generic error for the power supply.

-203 Command protected

Indicates that a legal password-protected program command or query could not be executed because the command was disabled. Check calibration state.

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