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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 7-2. 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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