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List of Errors
Command errors
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.
Error code
Error message description
-100
Command error
Generic syntax error.
-101
Invalid character
A syntactic element contains an invalid character.
-102
Syntax error
An unrecognized command or data type was encountered.
-103
Invalid separator
The parser was expecting a separator and encountered an illegal character.
-104
Data type error
The parser recognized a data element different than one allowed.
-105
GET not allowed
A Group Execute Trigger was received in a program message.
-108
Parameter not allowed
More parameters were received than expected for the header.
-109
Missing parameter
Fewer parameters were received than required for the header.
-110
Command header error
An error was detected in the header.
-120
Numeric data error
Generated when parsing a data element which appears to be numeric, including
the nondecimal numeric types.
-130
Suffix error
Generated when parsing a suffix.
-131
Invalid suffix
The suffix does not follow the syntax, or the suffix is inappropriate for the TOS5300
Series.
-134
Suffix too long
The suffix contained more than twelve characters.
-138
Suffix not allowed
A suffix was encountered after a numeric element that does not allow suffixes.
-140
Character data error
Generated when parsing a character data element.
-141
Invalid character data
Either the character data element contains an invalid character, or the element is
not valid.
-144
Character data too Long
The character data element contains more than twelve characters.
-148
Character data not allowed
A legal character data element was encountered where prohibited by the TOS5300
Series.
-150
String data error
Generated when parsing a string data element.
-160
Block data error
Generated when parsing a block data element.
-170
Expression error
Generated when parsing an expression data element.
-180
Macro error
Generated when defining a macro or executing a macro.