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Command Errors
A command error is in the range -199 to -100, and indicates that a syntax error was detected. This
includes the case of an unrecognized header. The occurrence of a command error causes the CME bit
(bit 5) of the Standard Event Status Register to be set.
-100
Command Error
-101
Invalid character
-102
Syntax error
-103
Invalid separator
-104
Data type error
-105
GET not allowed
-108
Parameter not allowed
More parameters than allowed were received
-109
Missing parameter
Fewer parameters than necessary were received
-110
Command header error
-111
Header separator error
-112
Program mnemonic too long
The mnemonic must contain no more than 12 characters.
-114
Header suffix out of range; Only suffix of 1 or 2 is valid, indicating the
channel being operated.
-113
Undefined header
-120
Numeric data error
-121
Invalid character in number
-123
Exponent too large
IEEE 488.2 specifies maximum of 32000
-124
Too many digits
IEEE 488.2 specifies maximum of 255 digits in mantissa.
-128
Numeric data not allowed
A different data type was expected
-131
Invalid suffix
-134
Suffix too long
A maximum of 12 characters are allowed in a suffix.
-138
Suffix not allowed
-140
Character data error.
-141
Invalid character data.
Incorrect character data were received.
-144
Character data too long
Character data may contain no more than 12 characters.
-148
Character data not allowed
-158
String data not allowed
-161
Invalid block data
An error was found in the block data
-168
Block data not allowed
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